This is the first English translation of an erotic fable of love and betrayal which won the Premio Herralde de Novela, Spain's prestigious literary award. Alvaro Pombo creates a gallery of comic characters dominated by the boy Nicholas, whose cherubic appearance conceals a nature entirely corrupt. Spanish writer Alvaro Pombo has published three collections of poetry and five novels which include "Insignificant Pleasures", "Appearances" and "The Adopted Son".
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This is the first English translation of an erotic fable of love and betrayal which won the Premio Herralde de Novela, Spain's prestigious literary award. Alvaro Pombo creates a gallery of comic characters dominated by the boy Nicholas, whose cherubic appearance conceals a nature entirely corrupt. Spanish writer Alvaro Pombo has published three collections of poetry and five novels which include "Insignificant Pleasures", "Appearances" and "The Adopted Son".
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Hardcover 1988 edition. Text, dust jacket and boards in near fine condition. Binding firm. Pages unmarked and clean. (200 pages)