The Night Buffalo

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name = The Night Buffalo
orig title = El Búfalo de la Noche
translator = Alan Page


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author = Guillermo Arriaga
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country = Mexico
language = Spanish
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publisher = Editorial Belacqva, Barcelona
release_date = 1999
english_release_date = May 2006
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 236 pp
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"The Night Buffalo" (orig. Spanish "El Búfalo de la Noche") is a novel by Guillermo Arriaga.

Plot summary

After Gregorio commits suicide, his friend Manuel finds himself unraveling his late friend’s world, and what led him to suicide. Gregorio’s tortuous relationship with his girlfriend is now inherited by Manuel; he becomes involved with his late friend’s girlfriend. Gregorio has missed appointments, left strange messages, and has been harassed by a vengeful policeman.

Release details

*2005, UK, Sceptre Books (ISBN 978-0340839751), Pub date 27 March 2006, paperback (first English edition)
*2006, ?, Atria Books (ISBN 978-0743281850), Pub date ? May 2006, hardback (English)
*2007, USA, Washington Square Press (ISBN 978-0743281867), Pub date 20 February 2007, paperback (English)
*2008, ?, Atria Books (ISBN 978-0743286664), Pub date ? March 2008, paperback (Spanish "El Búfalo de la Noche" edition)