Death in the Andes

Death in the Andes
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Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages : 328
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ISBN-10 : 9781429921589
ISBN-13 : 1429921587
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Book Synopsis Death in the Andes by : Mario Vargas Llosa

Download or read book Death in the Andes written by Mario Vargas Llosa and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2011-03-04 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three men disappear in the Peruvian Andes where a guerilla group resides, in the Nobel Laureate’s “intriguing political detective story . . . A terrific novel” (Kirkus Reviews). In Death in the Andes, Mario Vargas Llosa returns to the world of Corporal Lituma and his assistant Tomas Correo, last seen in Who Killed Palomino Molero?. Through his chilling tale of mystery, Vargas Llosa weaves an intricate tapestry of stark political realities and age-old Andean mysticism. When three men go missing and are presumed dead, suspicion falls on the Peruvian Marxist group Sendero Luminoso, or Shining Path. As Lituma and Correo investigate, they find themselves embroiled in the remote corners of an isolated community, which is itself caught in the web of violent guerrilla warfare. Part detective thriller, part political allegory, Death in the Andes shimmers with an undercurrent of magical realism. The narrative’s panoramic view of Peruvian society illuminates its violent present, deeply entrenched in its rich yet haunting past.


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