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Perhaps the most straightforward of any Aira I've read so far - but by no means does that imply it's simple or easy or lacking in the strange wonder that characterises his work. The late night remembrance of a conversation has never been so captivating and I think one of the great successes of this book is the way that the whole thing feels like, well, what it's like to sit up late at night, unable to sleep, and to reflect back on something you'd talked about earlier in the day. Not only are you working your memory but inevitably you're thinking about other things too - and they're all somehow related in the great swirl of your brain. It's just that César Aira knows how to deposit the swirl of his brain onto the page in a captivating fashion - whereas most of the rest of us are just lucky to be along for the ride.

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