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El héroe discreto

by Mario Vargas Llosa

Alfaguara: Santillana. 2013. 383p. ISBN 9781622631193. pap. $19.99; ebk. ISBN 9788420415628.

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Parallel stories of two very different businessmen: Ismael from Lima, who is plotting against his two sons who tried to have him killed, and Felicito from Piura, who finds himself being blackmailed.

Reviewed by Libbhy Romero , Jul 01, 2014

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