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The Song of the Devil (El Canto del Diablo)

The Song of the Devil (El Canto del Diablo)

The term “murder ballad” always sounded somewhat comic to me.  I’m not sure the first time I ever heard that term.  I’d known about “corridas,” ...
Bird For The Daughters of Juarez

Bird For The Daughters of Juarez

Shortly before his death in 2004, Roberto Bolaño, the great Chilean novelist, mailed off the manuscript for 2666, his sprawling, frustrating, mu...