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The time of the hero

Vargas Llosa, Mario, 1936-2004
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A powerful social satire set in Leoncio Prado Military Academy in Lima, where a group of cadets attempt to break out of the vicious round of sadistic ragging, military discipline, confinement and boredom. But their pranks set off a cycle of betrayal, murder and revenge which jeopardizes the entire military hierarchy.
Main title:
The time of the hero / Mario Vargas Llosa.
Author:
Vargas Llosa, Mario, 1936-, author
Work:
The time of the hero
Imprint:
London : Faber and Faber, 2004.©1962
Collation:
379 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: Grove Press, 1967.Translation of: La ciudad y los perros.Translated from the Spanish.
ISBN:
9780571173204 (pbk)0571173209 (pbk)9780571173204 (paperback)
Dewey class:
863.64
Language:
EnglishSpanish
Subject:
Military cadets -- Peru -- Lima -- FictionStudents -- Peru -- Lima -- Conduct of life -- FictionHazing -- Peru -- Lima -- FictionPeru -- Armed Forces -- Fiction
BRN:
44815
Bookmark link:
https://librarysearch.melbourne.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=44815
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