If you have ever taken the Buquebus to Colonia, continued on bus to Montevideo & wandered its streets, & generally pondered Uruguay through a porteño looking glass -- "the B-side of the River Plate," Pedro Mairal calls it -- then you will adore this translation out in July 
If you haven't done any of these things, it may be slightly bewildering - but still a good book about the delirium of middle-aged writers....
My favorite passage, a counter to everyone (including myself) who would overly romanticize Uruguay:
"There is something like a Bermuda Triangle here, it's not to be underestimated... especially if you come thinking it's like the countryside in Argentina only everybody's good...
"There is something like a Bermuda Triangle here, it's not to be underestimated... especially if you come thinking it's like the countryside in Argentina only everybody's good...
...there's no corruption, no Peronism, you can smoke pot on the street, the cute little country where everyone is a good person and friendly and all that bullshit. If you're not paying attention, Uruguay will f...." well you can guess the rest 😂😂😂
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