Op Oloop Pa

His life runs according to a methodical and rigid schedule, witheverything'”from his meals down to his regular visits to the citybrothels'”timed to the minute. But when an insignificant traffic delayupsets this sacred schedule, and on the day of Oloop's engagementparty, the clock begins ticking down towards a catastrophe that noamount of planning will avert. A playful and unpredictable masterpieceof Argentinean literature, raising comparisons to Ulysses and serving as a primary inspiration to authors such as Julio Cortázar and Alfonso Reyes, Op Oloopis the first novel by lawyer, Hellenist, boxing referee, and decagenarian Juan Filloy (1894-2000) to be translated into English.

Juan Filloy was an excellent swimmer, dedicated boxing referee, and talented caricaturist; he spoke seven languages and he practised as a judge in the small town of Rfo Cuarto, 200 kilometres from C=rdoba, where he spent nearly the whole of his life. He died in 2000 at the age of 106. A world champion palindromist, he made use of the entire dictionary in his books, coined new words, and used only seven letters in all the titles of his works. He received various distinctions during his lifetime and was nominated for the Nobel Prize.