FIRST THOUGHTS: Vargas Llosa fails to reach the heights of past

FOR the first three quarters of this 325-page novel, Peruvian master, Mario Vargas Llosa seems to be spinning, in alternating chapters, two quite separate — albeit thematically similar — yarns.

Sat, 18 Apr, 2015 - 01:00

Billy O’Callaghan

* The Discreet Hero

* (translated by Edith Grossman)

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