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The discreet hero
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First American edition.
A successful insurance company owner whose two lazy sons want him permanently out of the way crosses paths with a blackmail victim in Peru.
"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" --
"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" --
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- 21 of 21 copies available at Westchester Library System.
Current holds
0 current holds with 21 total copies.| Location | Call Number / Shelving Location |
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| Ardsley Public Library | FICTION VARGAS LLOSA (Text) Fiction |
31000151097196 |
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| Bedford Free Library | FIC VAR (Text) Fiction |
31002150640570 |
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| Briarcliff Manor Public Library | FICTION VARGAS LLOSA (Text) Fiction |
31036150699426 |
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| Bronxville Public Library | FICTION VARGAS LLOSA (Text) Fiction |
31004151411027 |
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| Chappaqua Library | FICTION VARGAS.LLOSA (Text) Fiction |
31005500395142 |
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| Croton Free Library | FICTION/VARGAS LLOSA (Text) Fiction |
31006151455540 |
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| Dobbs Ferry Public Library | VARGAS LLOSA (Text) Fiction |
31007151189386 |
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| Eastchester Public Library | FICTION VARGAS LLOSA (Text) Fiction |
31008152014771 |
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| Greenburgh Public Library | VARGAS LLOSA (Text) Fiction |
31009154120962 |
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| Hastings-on-Hudson Public Library | FICTION VARGAS LLOSA (Text) Fiction |
31011151251428 |
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