The Savage Detectives may have made Bolaños name, but his posthumous publicationsfrom the galactic 2666 to the winsome Spirit of Science Fictionhave cemented his legend. He left behind a vault to rival Princes 'Paisley Park'. . . . The effect of Cowboy Graves is less the piecing together of a puzzle than the recentering of a whole, mythic world. * The New York Times Book Review * Companionable, exotic, witty and glamorously suggestive. * The Guardian * Bolaño readers can survey [ Cowboy Graves] to glimpse into his artistic process, into the fountain of his creativity. . . . One of Bolaños great narrative skills is his ability to casually express the enigma of life, the lacuna between humanitys capacity for comprehension and the worlds unknowable. . . . His writing is global and encyclopedic, curative and addictive, and vibrant and visceral. * Los Angeles Review of Books * Cowboy Graves contains writing completed over a period of 10 years, and features many of the touchstones Bolaño was known for: semi-autobiographical narration; a humorous, fragmentary style; and the sort of intrigue that grabs hold of you and never lets go, despite offering no easy answers. * Chicago Review of Books * Bolaño's brilliant oeuvre expands with another bright starburst, this one comprising three separate yet thematically connected novellas...Bolaño's inimitable style and searing vision will appeal to fans and new readers alike. * Booklist * Each story reveals a centrifugal writer with a brilliant command of words and no fear of a plots getting away from him. * Kirkus Reviews *
