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Varguitas is a budding writer working at a Lima radio station in the 1950s. His life is turned upside down when he falls in love with his Aunt Julia, an older, disapproved family member, and when the charismatic gossip columnist Pedro Camacho begins to court the same audience. The novel interweaves Varguitas’s romantic longing, the societal constraints of Peruvian middle class, and the sizzling commentary of the radio’s superficial drama. Vargas Llosa uses a light tone and witty dialogue to illustrate the clash between genuine affection and public perception, while celebrating the contradictions of love and ambition.
First publish date: 1977
Genre: Humorous Fiction/Comedy Fiction
Authors: Mario Vargas Llosa
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