Borges and the Eternal Orang-Utans

Luis Fernando Verissimo

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English

Vintage
01 August 2005

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

A hilarious spoof on literary/academic conferences, and a brilliant 'Borgesian' mystery.

Vogelstein is a loner who has always lived among books. Suddenly, fate grabs hold of his insignificant life and carries him off to Buenos Aires, to a conference on Edgar Allan Poe, the inventor of the modern detective story. There Vogelstein meets his idol, Jorge Luis Borges, and for reasons that a mere passion for literature cannot explain, he finds himself at the centre of a murder investigation that involves arcane demons, the mysteries of the Kabbala, the possible destruction of the world, and the Elizabethan magus John Dee's 'Eternal Orang-utan', which would end up by writing all the known books in the cosmos.

By: Luis Fernando Verissimo
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 107g
ISBN: 9780099461678
ISBN 10: 0099461676
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 01 August 2005
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Luis Fernando Verissimo is one of Brazil's most popular writers thanks to his satirical columns in the national weekly Veja. He is also a celebrated novelist and cartoonist, and he plays the saxophone in a jazz band. His novel The Club of Angels was published by Harvill.

Reviews for Borges and the Eternal Orang-Utans

A true literary mystery in its own right, as well as a homage to Borges * Financial Times * Verrisimo's pleasure in his own absurd intertextual universe is infectious * Times Literary Supplement * An elegantly constructed caper * Daily Telegraph *