| Author: | Mario Vargas Llosa | ISBN: | 9781429922111 |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Publication: | March 4, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Language: | English |
| Author: | Mario Vargas Llosa |
| ISBN: | 9781429922111 |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Publication: | March 4, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Language: | English |
This wonderful detective novel is set in Peru in the 1950s. Near an Air Force base in the northern desert, a young airman is found murdered. Lieutenant Silva and Officer Lituma investigate. Lacking a squad car, they have to cajole a local cabbie into taking them to the scene of the crime. Their superiors are indifferent; the commanding officer of the air base stands in their way; but Silva and Lituma are determined to uncover the truth.
Who Killed Palomino Molero, an entertaining and brilliantly plotted mystery, takes up one of Vargas Llosa's characteristic themes: the despair at how hard it is to be an honest man in a corrupt society.
This wonderful detective novel is set in Peru in the 1950s. Near an Air Force base in the northern desert, a young airman is found murdered. Lieutenant Silva and Officer Lituma investigate. Lacking a squad car, they have to cajole a local cabbie into taking them to the scene of the crime. Their superiors are indifferent; the commanding officer of the air base stands in their way; but Silva and Lituma are determined to uncover the truth.
Who Killed Palomino Molero, an entertaining and brilliantly plotted mystery, takes up one of Vargas Llosa's characteristic themes: the despair at how hard it is to be an honest man in a corrupt society.
