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The discreet hero ; a novel / Mario Vargas Llosa ; translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman.

By:

Vargas Llosa, Mario, (1936-)

Contributor(s):

Grossman, Edith, 1936-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux , 2015Edition: First American editionDescription: 326 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780374146740

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

LAS FIC VAR

LOC classification:

PQ8498.32.A65 H4713 2015

Abstract: A successful insurance company owner whose two lazy sons want him permanently out of the way crosses paths with a blackmail victim in Peru. The Discreet Hero is also a chance to revisit some of our favorite players from previous Vargas Llosa novels: Sergeant Lituma, Don Rigoberto, Doña Lucrecia, and Fonchito are all here in a prosperous Peru.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Latin American Studies	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	LAS FIC VAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		002321

A successful insurance company owner whose two lazy sons want him permanently out of the way crosses paths with a blackmail victim in Peru. The Discreet Hero is also a chance to revisit some of our favorite players from previous Vargas Llosa novels: Sergeant Lituma, Don Rigoberto, Doña Lucrecia, and Fonchito are all here in a prosperous Peru.

Translated from the Spanish to English.

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