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First printing. Translation by Natasha Wimmer of "Los sinsabores del verdadero policía" (Anagrama, 2011). Volume, measuring approximately 6.75" x 9.5", is bound in pale yellow paper spine and boards, with stamped black lettering to spine. Book and dust jacket are new. 250 pages."The novel follows Óscar Amalfitano―an exiled Chilean university professor and widower―through the maze of his revolutionary past, his relationship with his teenage daughter, Rosa, his passion for a former student, and his retreat from scandal in Barcelona.Forced to leave Barcelona for Santa Teresa, a Mexican city close to the U.S. border where women are being killed in unprecedented numbers, Amalfitano soon begins an affair with Castillo, a young forger of Larry Rivers paintings. Meanwhile, Rosa, Amalfitano's daughter, engages in her own epistolary romance with a basketball player from Barcelona, while still trying to cope with her mother's early death and her father's secrets. After finding Castillo in bed with her father, Rosa is forced to confront her own crisis. What follows is an intimate police investigation of Amalfitano that involves a series of dark twists, culminating in a finale full of euphoria and heartbreak.Featuring characters and stories from his other books, "Woes of the True Policeman" invites the reader more than ever into the world of Roberto Bolaño. It is an exciting, kaleidoscopic novel, lyrical and intense, yet darkly humorous. Exploring the roots of memory and the limits of art, "Woes of the True Policeman" marks the culmination of one of the great careers of world literature."

Farrar, Straus and Giroux. New in New dust jacket. 2011. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0374275629 . Book and DJ New. No notes. NO markings of ANY kind. DJ not price clipped ($25) ; 288 pages .

New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. American First. Complete number line from 1 to 10; minimal wear; otherwise a solid, clean, unread copy in collectible condition; 250 pages; dust jacket is protected by a mylar cover.

New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. American First. Complete number line from 1 to 10; minimal wear; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; 250 pages; dust jacket is protected by a mylar cover.

Picador. 2010. Picador. London. 2010. First edition. Hardback in DW. A very clean copy in wrapper.

New York: New Directions, 2010 New York: New Directions, 2010. First edition. 8vo. Hard cover binding, 131 pp. New in new dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover.

London: Picador, 2014 A Very Solid Tight Book, Clean, No Marks Or Inscriptions.

London: Picador. F/F. 2010. First British Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. Cover and DJ art are much more elaborate than the American edition. ; .

2024. 1st Edition. paperback......We ship daily from our Bookshop.

New York:: Penguin,, (2019). First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers. An uncommon advance issue. . Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) A story of two young men, Jan and Remo, who "find themselves adrift in Mexico City. Obsessed with poetry, and, above all, with science fiction, they are eager to forge a life in the literary world. . as close as these friends are, the city tugs them in opposite directions. Jan withdraws from the world, shutting himself in their shared rooftop apartment where he feverishly composes fan letters to the stars of science fiction and dreams of cosmonauts and Nazis. Meanwhile, Remo runs headfirst into the future, spending his days and nights with a circle of wild young writers, seeking pleasure in the city's labyrinthine streets, rundown cafs, and murky bathhouses." Translated from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer. 196 pp.