He also discovered that he was bitter and full of resentment, that he oozed resentment, and that he might easily kill someone, anyone, if it would provide a respite from the loneliness and rain and cold of Madrid, but this was a discovery that he preferred to conceal.
Roberto BolanoAbout author
- Author's profession: Novelist
- Nationality: chilean
- Born: April 28, 1953
- Died: July 15, 2003
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