Thanks to Abby for pointing out this review in the Times (below the fold) of The Whigs‘ new album, Mission Control.
I have posted briefly on The Whigs here around the time their first (and awesome) album, Give ‘Em All a Big Fat Lip, came out, and also here.
You can be sure I will be at their concert here in Charlottesville on the 20th of this month. I encourage you to catch a show if you can.
This novel was published after the Chilean-Mexican author's death, and I'm not even sure if it was entirely finished or not. It is broken up into five parts which, while connected, stand pretty much on there own. I have not yet made it to the grim part about the murders of hundreds of women in Mexico, so I have so far found it enjoyable and even funny despite some dark underpinnings. It's had a ton of critical praise, and I like it much more than my last foray into the violent novel genre: Blood Meridian.
Been listening to this one a lot, pretty much the whole way through.