The Discreet Hero - Couverture souple

Vargas Llosa, Mario

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0571310729 ISBN 13 : 9780571310722

Editeur : Faber & Faber, 2015

Synopsis

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A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

Felicito Yanaque has raised himself from poverty to ownership of a trucking business. His two sons work for him. He receives a threatening letter demanding protection money. The police don't take him seriously, Felicito refuses to pay up and gets sucked into a nightmare. He becomes a reluctant public hero. Then his mistress is kidnapped, and matters become seriously complicated. And he finds that his troubles have begun very close to home. His fate is interwoven with the story of Rigoberto, a wealthy Lima insurance executive. His boss and old friend, Ismael, suddenly announces that he is marrying his housekeeper, a chola from Piura, to the consternation of his twin sons, a pair of brutal wasters. Ismael escapes to Europe with his new bride, leaving Rigoberto to face the twins' threats, and their claims that he connived with a scheming woman to rob an old man of his fortune. Rigoberto is hounded by the press and TV. Meanwhile, his only son is having visions of a mysterious stranger who may or may not be the devil.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

A novel about love and betrayal, a younger generation that can no longer tell the difference between reality and desire, and the destructive effects of media fantasies. Felicito Yanaque has raised himself from poverty to ownership of a trucking business. He receives a threatening letter demanding protection money but Felicito refuses to pay up and gets sucked into a nightmare. He becomes a reluctant public hero. Then his mistress is kidnapped, and matters become seriously complicated...

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Faber & Faber
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0571310729
• ISBN 13: 9780571310722
• Reliure: Mass Market Paperback
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 400