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Captain Pantoja and the Special Service

By Mario Vargas Llosa
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Publisher Description

This delightful farce opens as the prim and proper Captain Pantoja learns he is to be sent to Peru's 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.

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3.5
“The kaleidoscopic nature of the first chapter is a challenge to read; sudden shifts in character/location/storyline are almost dizzying. I think I might hate this novel. Chapter 2 consists of two formal military dispatch reports written by the main character. Chapter 3 contains a long letter written by the main character’s wife followed by what seems to me to be a surreal dream sequence about a hemorrhoidectomy. And by the end of the 3rd chapter I am completely captivated by this satirical farce set in Iquitos, Peru in the 1950’s. I’m glad I persevered. I would like to visit Peru, although not necessarily Iquitos.”

About Mario Vargas Llosa

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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