In "Who Killed Palomino Molero," Mario Vargas Llosa turned to detective fiction. The novel is set on an air force base in Peru, where a young airman is found tortured and murdered. An entertaining and brilliantly plotted mystery, this book also takes up one of Vargas Llosa's great themes: despair at how difficult it is to be an honest man in a society based on a corruption of motives and feelings.
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In "Who Killed Palomino Molero," Mario Vargas Llosa turned to detective fiction. The novel is set on an air force base in Peru, where a young airman is found tortured and murdered. An entertaining and brilliantly plotted mystery, this book also takes up one of Vargas Llosa's great themes: despair at how difficult it is to be an honest man in a society based on a corruption of motives and feelings.
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First Edition. With publisher issued author photo, promotional material, and request for review slip. Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.
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First edition. Very good hardback in very good dustjacket. Interior clean & bright. Boards have mild bumping to ends of spine & light fading along top edge. Dustjacket shows very light bumping to corners & mild shelf wear. Text in English, Spanish. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 160 p. Audience: General/trade.
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Fair. First Edition This is a damaged book. May be ex-library, water-damaged, or spine creased/broken. Acceptable, Reading copy only, with writing/markings and heavy wear. Torn/worn dj. Standard-sized.
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Fine book in a fine dust jacket. 160 pages. First American Edition. Translated from the Spanish by Alfred Mac Adam. Detective story set in seamy 1950's Peru. Fine in fine dust jacket.
