Released posthumously in 2004, '2666' was the bestselling final novel by which Chilean author?
2666 2666 2666 is the last novel by Roberto Bolaño. It was released in 2004, a year after Bolaño's death. Its themes are manifold, and it revolves around an elusive German author and the unsolved and ongoing murders of women in Santa Teresa, a violent city inspired by Ciudad Juárez and its epidemic of female homicides. In addition to Santa Teresa, settings and themes include the Eastern Front in World War II, the academic world, mental illness, journalism, and the breakdown of relationships and careers. "2666" explores 20th-century degeneration through a wide array of characters, locations, time periods, and stories within
Author, Author (novel) Author, Author (novel) Author, Author is a novel by David Lodge, written in 2004. The book is based on the life of the author Henry James. It was released at about the same time as "The Master" by Colm Tóibín and other books about James, and Lodge wrote "" about this. Lodge populates his novel with several of the most famous figures of English literature from the time of the book's setting in the late nineteenth century. The novel opens with a framing device wherein we are shown what is happening in the London home of the dying novelist at