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The Time of the Hero

The Time of the Hero

by Mario Vargas Llosa (Author), Lysander Kemp (Translator), Mario Vargas Llosa (Author), Lysander Kemp (Translator)

Synopsis

A powerful social satire which outraged the authorities of the author's native Peru, where 1000 copies were publicly burned.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 384
 Edition: Main
 Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 23 Jan 1995
ISBN 10: 0571173209
ISBN 13: 9780571173204
Book Overview: The Time of the Hero by Mario Vargas Llosa is 'a work of undeniable power and skill' (Sunday Telegraph) set in a military academy in Lima, focusing on a group of cadets whose pranks set of a cycle of betrayal, murder and revenge which jeopardizes the entire military hierarchy.

Author Bio
With novels including The War of the End of the World, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto and The Feast of the Goat, Mario Vargas Llosa has established an international reputation as one of the Latin America's most important authors.