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A gripping and poignant novel about a mysterious romance from one of Latin America''s greatest writers.

''Splendid, suspenseful and irresistible.'' New York Times
''Immensely moving.'' Spectator

When the beautiful teenage Lily arrives in Lima in 1950, fifteen-year-old Ricardo falls instantly in love with her. She claims to be from Chile, but vanishes the moment it becomes clear that she has lied about both her name and her nationality. A decade later, now living in Paris, Ricardo falls in love with a woman named Comrade Arlette, who is incredibly similar to Lily but refuses to acknowledge that she is the same person. For his whole life, Ricardo seems doomed to keep running into ''Lily'', and to keep falling in love with her. Will he ever discover who she really is?

The Bad Girl

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    A Paperback / softback by Mario Vargas Llosa, Edith Grossman

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      Publisher Faber & Faber
      Published 7 August 2008
      ISBN-13 9780571234110
      978-0571234110
      ISBN-10 0571234119
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      Contemporary Fiction Books by Mario Vargas Llosa

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A gripping and poignant novel about a mysterious romance from one of Latin America''s greatest writers.

      ''Splendid, suspenseful and irresistible.'' New York Times
      ''Immensely moving.'' Spectator

      When the beautiful teenage Lily arrives in Lima in 1950, fifteen-year-old Ricardo falls instantly in love with her. She claims to be from Chile, but vanishes the moment it becomes clear that she has lied about both her name and her nationality. A decade later, now living in Paris, Ricardo falls in love with a woman named Comrade Arlette, who is incredibly similar to Lily but refuses to acknowledge that she is the same person. For his whole life, Ricardo seems doomed to keep running into ''Lily'', and to keep falling in love with her. Will he ever discover who she really is?

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