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Captain Pantoja and the Special Service

by Mario Vargas Llosa

ISBN13: 9780374522360
ISBN10: 0374522367
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This delightful farce opens as the prim and proper Captain Pantoja learns he is to be sent to Perus Amazon frontier on a secret mission for the army—to provide females for the amorous recruits. Side-splitting complications arise as world of Captain Pantoja's remarkable achievements start to spread.

About the Author

Mario Vargas Llosa is Peru's foremost author and the winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature. In 1994 he was awarded the Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's most distinguished literary honor, and in 1995 he won the Jerusalem Prize. His many distinguished works include The Storyteller, The Feast of the Goat, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, Death in the Andes, In Praise of the Stepmother, The Bad Girl, Conversation in the Cathedral, The Way to Paradise, and The War of the End of the World. He lives in London.

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: chefrenzoperu, November 9, 2010 (view all comments by chefrenzoperu)
an erotic and funny book
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Product Details

ISBN:: 9780374522360
Translator:: Kolovakos, Gregory
Translator:: Christ, Ronald
Translator:: Christ, Ronald
Translator:: Kolovakos, Gregory
Author:: Vargas Llosa, Mario
Author:: Llosa, Mario Vargas
Publisher:: Farrar Straus Giroux
Location:: New York :
Subject:: General
Subject:: Fiction
Subject:: Literary
Subject:: Literature-A to Z
Edition Description:: Trade paper
Series Volume:: 464-465
Publication Date:: 19901031
Binding:: TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:: General/trade
Language:: English
Pages:: 260
Dimensions:: 8.52 x 5.55 x 0.61 in

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