Roberto BolaÃ±o,Natasha Wimmer

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      ,On vacation with his girlfriend, Ingeborg, the German war games champion Udo Berger returns to a small town on the Costa Brava where he spent the summers of his childhood. Soon they meet another vacationing German couple, Charly and Hanna, who introduce them to a band of localsâ€”the Wolf, the Lamb, and El Quemadoâ€”and to the darker side of life in a resort town.,
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      ,Late one night, Charly disappears without a trace, and Udoâ€™s well-ordered life is thrown into upheaval; while Ingeborg and Hanna return to their lives in Germany, he refuses to leave the hotel. Soon he and El Quemado are enmeshed in a round of Third Reich, Udoâ€™s favorite World War II strategy game, and Udo discovers that the gameâ€™s consequences may be all too real.,
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      ,Written in 1989 and found among Roberto BolaÃ±oâ€™s papers after his death, ,The Third ,Reich ,is a stunning exploration of memory and violence. Reading this quick, visceral novel, we see a world-class writer coming into his ownâ€”and exploring for the first time the themes that would define his masterpieces ,The Savage Detectives ,and ,2666,.,
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The Third Reich