Three academics on the trail of a reclusive German author; a New York reporter on his first Mexican assignment; a widowed philosopher; a police detective in love with an elusive older woman--these are among the searchers drawn to the border city of Santa Teresa, where over the course of a decade hundreds of women have disappeared. Written with burning intesity in the last y Three academics on the trail of a reclusive German author; a New York reporter on his first Mexican assignment; a widowed philosopher; a police detective in love with an elusive older woman--these are among the searchers drawn to the border city of Santa Teresa, where over the course of a decade hundreds of women have disappeared. Written with burning intesity in the last years of Roberto Bolanos life, 2666 has been greeted across the world as the great writers masterpiece, surpassing everything in imagination, beauty and scope. It is a novel on an astonishing scale from a passionate visionary. The best book of 2008 A masterpiece, the electrifying literary event of the year Time Readers who have snacked on Haruki Murakami will feast on Roberto Bolano Sunday Times Bolano makes you feel changed for having read him; he adjusts your angle of view on the world Guardian