# The Return

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- Book: [The Return](https://www.bookquiver.com/roberto-bolano/the-return) ([The Return.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/roberto-bolano/the-return.md))
- Authors: [Roberto Bolaño](https://www.bookquiver.com/roberto-bolano)
- Publisher: vintage_digital
- Medium: audio
- Length: 6 h 32 min
- ISBN: 978-15-2998-315-9
- Published: 2025-10-07
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Audiobook · 6 h 32 min

## Description

Brought to you by Penguin. ‘In this neighbourhood, only the dead go out for a walk’... A young party animal collapses in a Parisian disco and dies on the dance floor, only to watch his soul departing his body. Two embittered police detectives debate their favourite weapons. A violent man looks back on his childhood and seeks out the now-aged male porn actor his mother shot movies with. Here is the eagerly anticipated second volume of stories by Roberto Bolaño. Tender or etched in acid; hazily suggestive or chillingly definitive: The Return is a trove of strangely arresting short master works. TRANSLATED BY CHRIS ANDREWS 'Dark, intimate and sneakily touching... There is gold to be found in this collection' N ew York Review of Books ‘Each tale turns the reader into a voyeur, grasping at snapshots of troubled lives and ghosts’ Observer ‘A compelling encapsulation of Bolaño's work... You won't be bored’ Los Angeles Times © Roberto Bolaño 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025