[LRiley]

I've read everything so far that has come out in English translation of Bolano--except the recently released Monsieur Pain.

For me anyway The Savage Detectives and 2666 are both masterpieces and his shorter fictions though almost always excellent fall a step or two below. Having said that one of the more intriguing things about Distant Star is that without a doubt it's the most explicit commentary in fictional form that Bolano has made referencing the brutality of Pinochet's dictatorship and more than worthwhile just for that.