By Night in Chile

against and those I sought in vain.
    And then the storm of shit begins.

Copyright © 2000 by Roberto Bolaño and Editorial Anagrama
    Translation copyright © 2003 by Chris Andrews
    Originally published by Editorial Anagrama as Nocturno de Chile in 2000. Published by arrangement with the Harvill Press, London
    All rights reserved. Except for brief passages quoted in a newspaper, magazine, radio, television, or website review, no part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Publisher.
    Manufactured in the United States of America
    First published as a New Directions Paperbook ( NDP975 ) in 2003.
    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
    Bolaño, Roberto.
    [Nocturno de Chile. English]
    By night in Chile / by Roberto Bolaño ; translated by Chris Andrews.
    p. cm.
    eISBN 978-0-8112-2051-4
    1. Chile — History — 1973–1988 — Fiction. I. Andrews, Chris. II. Title.
    PQ8098.412.O43n6313 2003
    2003013223

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