Well I can only read English and I think Bolaño is an “intermittent genius.” Maybe it is a translation issue but, more likely, it’s me.

Yes, I had to put down Infinite Jest around page 750 because the benefit could not justify the effort I was putting in. I loved Ulysses tho (although I had to punctuate the last chapter). Also Roberto Bolaño’s 2666 is too much to lift, much less read BUT I listened to it an a roadtrip from LA to ATX. Crazy coincidence: I was driving through El Paso during the Ciudad Juarez section.