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100 1 $aVargas Llosa, Mario,$d1936-
240 10$aHéroe discreto. English.
245 14$aThe discreet hero /$cMario Vargas Llosa ; translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman.
250 $a1st Picador ed.
260 $aNew York :$bPicador,$c2016.
300 $a326 p. ;$c21 cm.
520 $aA successful insurance company owner whose two lazy sons want him permanently out of the way crosses paths with a blackmail victim in Peru.
520 $a"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
586 $aWashington Post Best Books of the Year.
650 0$aBusinessmen$zPeru$vFiction.
650 0$aExtortion$vFiction.
651 0$aPeru$vFiction.
700 1 $aGrossman, Edith,$d1936-