First published in Spanish in 1998, The Savage Detectives was immediately hailed as a critical success, wining the Herralde Prize and the R?mulo Gallegos Prize. But with the 2007 English-language translation the book became more than a bestseller ? it began the global sensation of Bola?omania. New Year?s Eve 1975, Mexico City. Two hunted men leave town in a hurry, on the d First published in Spanish in 1998, The Savage Detectives was immediately hailed as a critical success, wining the Herralde Prize and the R?mulo Gallegos Prize. But with the 2007 English-language translation the book became more than a bestseller ? it began the global sensation of Bola?omania. New Year?s Eve 1975, Mexico City. Two hunted men leave town in a hurry, on the desert-bound trail of a vanished poet. Spanning two decades and crossing continents, this remarkable quest is a journey told and shared by a generation of lovers, rebels and readers, whose testimonies are woven together into one of the most dazzling Latin American novels of the twentieth century.