# The Spirit of Science Fiction

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- Book: [The Spirit of Science Fiction](https://www.bookquiver.com/roberto-bolano/the-spirit-of-science-fiction) ([The Spirit of Science Fiction.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/roberto-bolano/the-spirit-of-science-fiction.md))
- Authors: [Roberto Bolaño](https://www.bookquiver.com/roberto-bolano)
- Publisher: picador
- ISBN: 978-15-0985-191-1
- Pages: 176
- Published: 2019-02-07
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Admirers will find . . . a satisfying proleptic glimpse of his picaresque masterpiece, 1998’s The Savage Detectives . . . [This] gem-choked puzzle of a book . . . serves as a key to Bolaño’s later work, unlocking clues to his abiding obsessions … [and] is a hardy forerunner that stands on its own.