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 Cortazar and Alfonso Reyes, Op Oloopis the first novel by lawyer, Hellenist, boxing referee, and decagenarian Juan Filloy (1894-2000) to be translated into English.