The discreet hero
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Uniform Title
Author
Contributors
Grossman, Edith, 1936-2023 translator.
Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
Format
Book
Edition
First American edition.
ISBN
9780374146740, 0374146748
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 24 cm
Status
Morris County Library - Adult Fiction
FICTION VARGAS LLOSA, MARIO
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FICTION VARGAS LLOSA, MARIO
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780374146740, 0374146748
Notes
Description
A successful insurance company owner whose two lazy sons want him permanently out of the way crosses paths with a blackmail victim in Peru.
Description
"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.
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Morris County Library - Adult Fiction | FICTION VARGAS LLOSA, MARIO | Available |
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Bernards Township Library - Adult Fiction | FICTION VARGAS LLOSA | Available |
Florham Park Library - Adult Fiction | FICTION VARGASLLOSA | Available |
Hunterdon County Library Headquarters - Adult Fiction | VARGAS LLOSA | Available |
Kinnelon Library - Adult Fiction | FIC VARGAS LLOSA | Available |
Montville Township Library - Adult Fiction | FIC VARGAS | Available |
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Vargas Llosa, M., & Grossman, E. (2015). The discreet hero (First American edition.). Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Vargas Llosa, Mario, 1936- and Edith Grossman. 2015. The Discreet Hero. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Vargas Llosa, Mario, 1936- and Edith Grossman. The Discreet Hero Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Vargas Llosa, Mario, and Edith Grossman. The Discreet Hero First American edition., Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
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