Richie (can't reply to you at the moment. Is this to prevent comments from shrinking in and in until there is only one word per line?), you gave up pretty much right before the grand shift in the novel.

Much of Bolano's work, and one of the main reasons he started writing long fiction, was to provide for his family after his death, as he knew he was dying and wanted to maintain a potential revenue stream for his children. So in that respect much of the posthumous publishing is actually in accordance with his wishes.

Have you seen this (
http://www.youtube.com/watc…, from where it came?

Yes, indeed. Takes one of the wise few to realize it as such.

I believe my avatar obligates me to reply in agreement with the opinions expressed on that most absurd of essays, "Mr. Difficult."

There is no apostrophe in the title "Finnegans Wake."