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Mac & his problem, Enrique Vila-Matas ; [translation, Margaret Jull Costa and Sophie Hughes]

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Mac & his problem

Enrique Vila-Matas ; [translation, Margaret Jull Costa and Sophie Hughes]

Mac is not writing a novel. He is writing a diary, which no one will ever read. At over sixty, and recently unemployed, Mac is a beginner, a novice, an apprentice and humbly armed with an encyclopaedic knowledge of literature. Mac's wife, Carmen, thinks he is simply wasting his time and in danger of sliding further into depression and idleness. But Mac persists, diligently recording his daily walks through the neighbourhood. Intricate, erudite and practically fizzing on the page, Mac and His problem is a masterpiece of metafiction and a testament to the power and playfulness of great literature

Mac and his problem