"A mesmerizing tale: sleek, linear, easily digested, beautifully translated.classic Bolaño." -- The Washington Post "A beguiling introduction to Bolaño.The Third Reich is giddily funny, but it is also prickly and bizarre enough to count among Bolaño's first-rate efforts." -- The Economist "A perfect novel.Compassionate, disturbing, and deeply felt, it's as much of a gift as anything the late author has given us." -- NPR "Think Kafka at a beach resort.For those who like their literature to make them look with fear and suspicion at even the most mundane events, The Third Reich is calling.

" -- The Cleveland Plain Dealer "Bolaño is a master of atmosphere.in the tradition of Georges Simenon's gloomy romans durs.or the tightly controlled hallucinations of Alain Robbe-Grillet." -- The Wall Street Journal "A brilliant first novel.all the more remarkable for its prescience." -- The New Republic.