The Skating Rink

“One of the greatest and most influential modern writers.” —James Wood, The New York Times Book Review

“Bolaño is the real thing.” —n+1

In the quiet Spanish seaside town of Z, a horrific crime has been committed: a coldblooded murder on a secret ice rink in the abandoned Palacio Benvingut. Who has been killed, by whom, and why? A tense, taut, utterly gripping narrative emerges from the jagged memories and whispered testimonies of our suspects: Remo Morán, a once poet at the helm of Z’s touris...