"Luis Felipe Fabre, one of the most original and provocative poets in Latin America, has written a genre-bending novel full of humor and a blazing intelligence." -Valeria Luiselli, author of Lost Children Archive and The
Story of My Teeth
"Absurd, philosophical, playful and episodic,
Recital of the Dark Verses is a revelation. The theft of a saint's body creates the occasion for a hilarious road trip through provincial Spain. A cousin to Quixote, Fabre's historical novel takes history and religion and manages to shape it into something entirely new. By turns brilliant, wise, entertaining, and profound. Cervantes would be proud."
–Mark Haber, author of Saint Sebastian's Abyss and Reinhardt's Garden"Though short and structured simply, there is a profound complexity to Fabre's
Recital of the Dark Verses, one that evokes reader emotion and reflection throughout, whether a fan of poetry or not. Moreover, it contains a complexity of language to match the paradoxes of its themes. ... I sincerely hope that Fabre writes further novels, and that Cleary will be there to English them so well."
–Daniel P. Haeusser, World Literature Today