Borges and the Eternal Orang-Utan - Softcover

Luis Fern Verissimo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099461676 ISBN 13: 9780099461678

Publisher: Random House, 2005

Synopsis

This work is a hilarious spoof on literary/academic conferences, and a brilliant 'Borgesian' mystery. Vogelstein is a loner who has always lived among books. Suddenly, fate grabs hold of his insignificant life and carries him off to Buenos Aires, to a conference on Edgar Allan Poe, the inventor of the modern detective story. There Vogelstein meets his idol, Jorge Lu-s Borges, and for reasons that a mere passion for literature cannot explain, he finds himself at the centre of a murder investigation that involves arcane demons, the mysteries of the Kabbala, the possible destruction of the world, and the Elizabethan magus John Dee's 'Eternal Orang-utan', which would end up by writing all the known books in the cosmos. Author Bio: Luis Fernando Verissimo is one of Brazil's most popular writers thanks to his satirical columns in the national weekly Veja. He is also a celebrated novelist and cartoonist, and he plays the saxophone in a jazz band. His novel "The Club of Angels" was published by Harvill.

About this title

About the Author:

Luis Fernando Verissimo is one of Brazil's most popular writers thanks to his satirical columns in the national weekly Veja. He is also a celebrated novelist and cartoonist, and he plays the saxophone in a jazz band. His novel The Club of Angels was published by Harvill.

Review:

"An elegantly constructed caper" * Daily Telegraph * "Verrisimo's pleasure in his own absurd intertextual universe is infectious" * Times Literary Supplement * "A true literary mystery in its own right, as well as a homage to Borges" * Financial Times *

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0099461676
• ISBN 13: 9780099461678
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144