{"product_id":"book-pgp8","title":"Woes of the True Policeman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBegun in the 1980s and worked on until the author's death in 2003, \u003ci\u003eWoes of the True \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoliceman \u003c\/i\u003eis Roberto Bolaño's last, unfinished novel. This program is read by award-winning narrator André Santana.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe novel follows Óscar Amalfitano-an exiled Chilean university professor and widower-through the maze of his revolutionary past, his relationship with his teenage daughter, Rosa, his passion for a former student, and his retreat from scandal in Barcelona.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForced to leave Barcelona for Santa Teresa, a Mexican city close to the U.S. border where women are being killed in unprecedented numbers, Amalfitano soon begins an affair with Castillo, a young forger of Larry Rivers paintings. Meanwhile, Rosa, Amalfitano's daughter, engages in her own epistolary romance with a basketball player from Barcelona, while still trying to cope with her mother's early death and her father's secrets. After finding Castillo in bed with her father, Rosa is forced to confront her own crisis. What follows is an intimate police investigation of Amalfitano that involves a series of dark twists, culminating in a finale full of euphoria and heartbreak.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing characters and stories from his other books, \u003ci\u003eWoes of the True Policeman \u003c\/i\u003einvites the listener more than ever into the world of Roberto Bolaño. It is an exciting, kaleidoscopic novel, lyrical and intense, yet darkly humorous. Exploring the roots of memory and the limits of art, \u003ci\u003eWoes of the True Policeman \u003c\/i\u003emarks the culmination of one of the great careers of world literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":50367824757040,"sku":"BDpgp8","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/pgp8-cover.jpg?v=1765523009","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-pgp8","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}