The discreet hero
(Book)
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Author
Contributors
Grossman, Edith, 1936-2023 translator.
Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
Format
Book
Edition
First American edition.
Status
Port Angeles - Fiction (Adult)
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VARGAS Mari
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Port Angeles - Fiction (Adult) | VARGAS Mari | Available |
Port Angeles - Fiction (Adult) | VARGAS Mari | Available |
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
Description
A successful insurance company owner whose two lazy sons want him permanently out of the way crosses paths with a blackmail victim in Peru.
Description
"The Discreet Hero, follows two fascinating characters whose lives are destined to intersect: neat, endearing Felícito Yanaqué, a small businessman in Piura, Peru, who finds himself the victim of blackmail; and Ismael Carrera, a successful owner of an insurance company in Lima, who cooks up a plan to avenge himself against the two lazy sons who want him dead. Felícito and Ismael are, each in his own way, quiet, discreet rebels: honorable men trying to seize control of their destinies in a social and political climate where all can seem set in stone, predetermined. They are hardly vigilantes, but each is determined to live according to his own personal ideals and desires--which means forcibly rising above the pettiness of their surroundings. The Discreet Hero is also a chance to revisit some of our favorite players from previous Vargas Llosa novels: Sergeant Lituma, Don Rigoberto, Doña Lucrecia, and Fonchito are all here in a prosperous Peru. Vargas Llosa sketches Piura and Lima vividly--and the cities become not merely physical spaces but realms of the imagination populated by his vivid characters" --,provided by publisher.