plates of his cast of thousands in the air and moving. The characters are deeply drawn and you understand why each one is pulled forward into their destiny, which is astounding considering there are probably 40-50 major characters. This book grabbed me by the throat from the first paragraph and never let go with beautiful chewy language. This book is not considered one of his three major works. If they are better than this, I'm sure they will cause my head to explode. Obviously Mario Vargas Llosa well deserved the Nobel Prize for literature. (less) Mario Vargas Llosa, born in Peru in 1936, is the author of some of the most significant writing to come out of South America in the past fifty years. His novels include The Green House , about a brothel in a Peruvian town that brings together the innocent and the corrupt; The Feast of the Goat , a vivid re-creation of the Dominican Republic during the final days of General Rafael Trujillo's insidiou ...more Mario Vargas Llosa, born in Peru in 1936, is the author of some of the most significant writing to come out of South America in the past fifty years. His novels include The Green House , about a brothel in a Peruvian town that brings together the innocent and the corrupt; The Feast of the Goat , a vivid re-creation of the Dominican Republic during the final days of General Rafael Trujillo's insidious regime; and Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter ,