A review by jennylimmy
Purgatory by Tomás Eloy Martínez

2.0

Although Purgatory contained some interesting — and occasionally exciting — elements, those gears never aligned for me. The general impression that remains with me is one of annoyance: at the lovelorn protagonist, the almost farcical misunderstandings, and at myself for not “getting it.”
The last is generally my experience of books that contain, or verge on, magical realism.