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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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- 1995
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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
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Classics, Suspense, Erotica, Murders, School, Literary Fiction, Coming Of Age, Violence, Spanish Literature, Psychological novels, Nobel prize, Narration, Training, Latin American Literature, Boarding School, Soldiers, 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.