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In the author's native Peru, this powerful social satire so outraged the authorities that a thousand copies were publicly burned. The novel is set in Leoncio Prado Military Academy in Lima, where a group of cadets attempt to break out of the vicious round of sadistic ragging, military discipline, confinement and boredom.
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The Time of the Hero, Mario Vargas Llosa
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- Released
- 1995
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Title
- The Time of the Hero
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Mario Vargas Llosa
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Released
- 1995
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0571173209
- ISBN13
- 9780571173204
- Series
- Categories
- Tags
- Historical Themes, Suspense, Erotica, Murders, School, Coming Of Age, Violence, Spanish Literature, Psychological novels, Training, Nobel prize, Narration, Latin American Literature, Soldiers, Boarding School, Army, Peru, Peruvian Literature
- First published
- 1963
- Original title
- La ciudad y los perros
- Rating
- 4.2 out of 5
- Description
- In the author's native Peru, this powerful social satire so outraged the authorities that a thousand copies were publicly burned. The novel is set in Leoncio Prado Military Academy in Lima, where a group of cadets attempt to break out of the vicious round of sadistic ragging, military discipline, confinement and boredom.