{"product_id":"woes-of-the-true-policeman-9781250037824","title":"Woes of the True Policeman","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Savage Detectives\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e2666\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCrushed by a devastating scandal, university professor  scar Amalfitano flees Barcelona for Santa Teresa--a Mexican city close to the U.S. border, where women are being killed in staggering numbers. There, Amalfitano begins an affair with Castillo, a young forger of Larry Rivers paintings, while his daughter, Rosa, reeling from the weight of his secrets, seeks solace in a romance of her own. Yet when she finds her father in bed with Castillo, Rosa is confronted with the full force of her crisis. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat follows is an intimate police investigation of Amalfitano, leading to a finale of euphoria and heartbreak. Featuring characters and stories from \u003ci\u003eThe Savage Detectives\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e2666\u003c\/i\u003e, Roberto Bola o's \u003ci\u003eWoes of the True Policeman\u003c\/i\u003e mines the depths of art, memory, and desire--and marks the culmination of one of the great careers of world literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoberto Bolaño was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1953. He grew up in Chile and Mexico City, where he was a founder of the Infrarealist poetry movement. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Third Reich\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eSavage Detectives\u003c\/i\u003e, which received the Herralde Prize and the Rómulo Gallegos Prize, and \u003ci\u003e2666\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award. Bolaño died in Blanes, Spain, at the age of fifty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50726545457426,"sku":"9781250037824","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c5e9c650-ac82-43d1-9780-255c97dfda4d.jpg?v=1734874335","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/woes-of-the-true-policeman-9781250037824","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}