TMR 16.11: “Hello, Big German” [2666]

We’re in the home stretch, as Archimboldi appears at last. Chad, Katie, and Brian discuss his origin story, vampires, seaweed, the nature of time, various echoes appearing in this final section, what Bolaño might be saying about himself as a writer through Hans Reiter, and masturbation.

Here’s a link to the blog post Katie references in this episode.

This week’s music is “Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)” by Concrete Blonde.

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