Gematria is an alphanumeric cipher system that assigns a numerical value to a word or a phrase based on its hebrew translation. The famous number of the beast (666) was actually a reference to Nero who was among the first kings to explicitly persecute Christians. The cipher became a way for Christian writers to speak of him without committing blasphemy.
So it hit me as to what Bolaño's 2666 might have meant. It might be a gematrian cipher. So I checked it on an online calculator that gave back a lot of phrases with hebrew index of 2666, some that piqued my interest are as below: -
*Living By The Great Sword All Be A*
*Enjoy The Zhow*
*Why Does It Seem Like Forever*
*Patient For Unbelievable Answers*
*Vengeance Belongs To Being God Yehowah*
*Good Always Beats Evil In The End*
*You Have The Key To My Heart*
*Equal Justice Under The Law*
*Cabal Tryin To Rewrite The Ten Commandments*
*Anger Gove Way To Sadness*
*Jesus Is Alive And Telling The Truth*
*Dont Worry About It Im Okay*
*The Ciphers Are Discontinued When They Are Cracked*