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In the end it's a quirky little piece, and it works as a taster for Sepulveda - I'm left wanting more. It is, as I've said on this site before, the kind of book I'd prefer to try from a major author as opposed to their magnum opus, but it's no small fry - packing in an unusual cop, a Communist who fell in love with Hollywood, and more comedic twists than larger words often provide. It's a bright window onto a corner of the world's history and literature that's well worth looking through.

For a look at the Chilean expat life elsewhere, we enjoyed [[The Sum of Our Days by Isabel Allende]]. Oddly, the feel of this title, with its police procedural popping up into a different book made me remember [[Bed of Nails by Antonin Varenne and Sian Reynolds (translator)|Bed of Nails by Antonin Varenne]].