Julio Cortázar. Fantomas Versus the Multinational Vampires: An Attainable Utopia. Trans. David Kurnick. Los Angeles, C.A.: Semiotext(e), 2014. [Book Review]

Originally written in 1975 by Argentine novelist and essayist Julio Cortázar, the half-novella, half-graphic novel Fantomas versus the multinational vampires has now been translated into English for the first time. The text is accompanied by an afterword by translator David Kurnick and includes an

appendix containing excerpts from the Second Russell Tribunal, a.k.a. the International War Crimes Tribunal (1973-1975), of which Cortázar was a member. The tribunal was tasked with investigating human rights violations in Latin America, particularly against the people of Brazil, Chile and Argentina. It is following his experiences on this tribunal that Cortázar begins his narration in Fantomas.