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The Peru of the near future is in the throes of an insurgency. A revolutionary army is taking on the failing government and the US Marines, and the cities have become vast garbage-strewn slums. In the midst of this, the narrator attempts to reconstruct the story of his friend, a modern revolutionary.

In The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta, Mario Vargas Llosa offers not just a brilliant psychological portrait, but also a searing account of Latin America''s political scene.

The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta

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    A Paperback / softback by Alfred MacAdam

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      Publisher: Faber & Faber
      Publication Date: 14/09/1987
      ISBN13: 9780571149049, 978-0571149049
      ISBN10: 571149049
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      ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The Peru of the near future is in the throes of an insurgency. A revolutionary army is taking on the failing government and the US Marines, and the cities have become vast garbage-strewn slums. In the midst of this, the narrator attempts to reconstruct the story of his friend, a modern revolutionary.

      In The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta, Mario Vargas Llosa offers not just a brilliant psychological portrait, but also a searing account of Latin America''s political scene.

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