Appendix A: Twain is the Day, Mehlville the Night

Despite the overwhelming applause of the Cognoscenti, I find Roberto Bolano wildly inconsistent. Granted, I haven't tackled any of his novels, but I've read enough of his short stories to not be smitten. That said, there's obviously a penetrating intelligence behind his writings.

This paragraph about North American literature from an interview seems especially astute.