Are Roberto Bolaño and J. G. Farrell both novelists?
yes
J. G. Farrell
James Gordon Farrell (25 January 1935 – 11 August 1979) was a Liverpool-born novelist of Irish descent.
 He gained prominence for a series of novels known as the "Empire Trilogy" ("Troubles", "The Siege of Krishnapur" and "The Singapore Grip"), which deal with the political and human consequences of British colonial rule.
Roberto Bolaño
Roberto Bolaño Ávalos (] ; 28 April 1953 – 15 July 2003) was a Chilean novelist, short-story writer, poet and essayist.
 In 1999, Bolaño won the Rómulo Gallegos Prize for his novel "Los detectives salvajes" ("The Savage Detectives"), and in 2008 he was posthumously awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction for his novel "2666", which was described by board member Marcela Valdes as a "work so rich and dazzling that it will surely draw readers and scholars for ages". "
The New York Times" described him as "the most significant Latin American literary voice of his generation".
The Insufferable Gaucho
The Insufferable Gaucho ("El Gaucho Insufrible", 2003) is a collection of five short stories and two essays by the Chilean author Roberto Bolaño (1953–2003).
 It was published in English in 2010, translated by Chris Andrews.
 During his lifetime, Bolaño made his name as a writer of short stories, and "The Insufferable Gaucho" collects a disparate variety of work.
 From its comical title story to the Kafkaesque "Police Rat", the book's wide spectrum of storytelling techniques "makes an ideal introduction to the Bolaño "imaginaire"." The Secret of Evil
The Secret of Evil ("El Secreto del Mal", 2007) is a collection of short stories and recollections or essays by the Chilean author Roberto Bolaño (1953–2003).
 The English translation by Chris Andrews was published by New Directions in 2012.
 The Spanish version was published posthumously and contains 21 pieces, 19 of which appear in the English edition.
 Several of the stories in the collection feature characters that have appeared in previous works by Bolaño, including his alter ego Arturo Belano and characters that first appeared in "Nazi Literature in the Americas". The Savage Detectives
The Savage Detectives ("Los Detectives Salvajes" in Spanish) is a novel by the Chilean author Roberto Bolaño in 1998.
 Natasha Wimmer's English translation was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2007.
 The novel tells the story of the search for a 1920s Mexican poet, Cesárea Tinajero, by two 1970s poets, the Chilean Arturo Belano (alter ego of Bolaño) and the Mexican Ulises Lima. Chris Andrews (translator)
Chris Andrews (born 1962) is an Australian translator and writer.
 He is the first and most prolific translator into English of the work of award-winning writer Roberto Bolaño, whom the "New York Times" called "the most significant Latin American literary voice of his generation."
 Bolaño's short story "Police Rat," collected in "The Insufferable Gaucho", was dedicated to Andrews and Robert Amutio, who has translated Bolaño's work into French. Woes of the True Policeman
Woes of the True Policeman ("Los sinsabores del verdadero policía" in Spanish) is a novel written by Chilean author Roberto Bolaño and published posthumously.
 The novel was first released in Spanish in 2011.
 Larry Rohter in his review of the English translation in "the New York Times" said "The novel offers readers plot lines and characters that supplement or propose variations on Mr. Bolaño’s 900-page magnum opus, "2666"".
 An English-language translation by Natasha Wimmer was published in the US on November 13, 2012, by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
 An editorial note appended to the book by Bolaño’s widow describes it as “a project that was begun in the 1980s and continued to be a work in progress up until the year 2003 [...] this edition was undertaken with the unwavering intent to respect Bolaño’s work and the firm pledge to offer the reader the novel as it had been found in his files.” 2666
2666 is the last novel by Roberto Bolaño.
 It was released in 2004, a year after Bolaño's death.
 Its themes are manifold, and it circulates around an elusive German author and the unsolved and ongoing murders of women in Santa Teresa, a violent city inspired by Ciudad Juárez and its epidemic of female homicides.
 In addition to Santa Teresa, settings and themes include the Eastern Front in World War II, the academic world, mental illness, journalism, and the breakdown of relationships and careers.
 "2666" explores 20th-century degeneration through a wide array of characters, locations, time periods, and stories within stories. Roberto Bolaño bibliography
The following bibliography of Roberto Bolaño provides a chronological list of the published works of Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño (1953–2003).
 It includes his fiction (novels, short stories, poems) and non-fiction (essays, speeches, interviews), both published during his lifetime and posthumously. Arturo Belano
Arturo Belano is the alter ego of the Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño.
 The character's first appearance was in the novella "Distant Star", where he was the narrator, while his most prominent role was in "The Savage Detectives" where he and fellow writer Ulises Lima are the central characters.
 Belano also appears in several short stories and in the novella "Amulet"; he is of the same age and nationality as Bolaño, with many shared elements in their biographies including a move from Chile to Mexico in their teens with their families, traveling around the world, and finally settling in Spain.
 According to Bolaño's notes, Belano is also the narrator of the novel "2666".