2666 Del Rey Uncle does not often go

Uncle does not often go on holiday as very few hotels provide beds big enough for elephants

the local community is thrown into a state of grief and suspicion

When important information is leaked from inside the Venetian Questura

But for Joshua’s mother Evelyn

In an isolated part of Australia

2666 Del Rey Uncle does not often goSanta Teresa, on the Mexico US border: an urban sprawl that draws lost souls to it like a vortex. Convicts and academics find themselves here, as does an American sportswriter, a teenage student with her widowed father, and a reclusive, 'missing' author. But, there is a darker side to the town. Girls and women are disappearing at an alarming rate. As a sense of conspiracy grows and an apocalyptic shadow draws closer, the corruption, violence and