num_pages: 376
description: When the spoilt and haughty Dona Constanza tries to divert a river to fill her swimming pool, she starts a running battle with the locals. The skirmishes are so severe that the Government dispatches a squadron of soldiers led by the fat, brutal and stupid Figueras to deal with them.Despite visiting plagues of laughing fits and giant cats upon the troops, the villagers know that to escape the cruel and unusual tortures planned for them, they must run. Thus they plan to head for the mountains and start a new and convivial civilisation.
language: English
title: The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts
titlecomplete: The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts
genres: Fiction, Magical Realism, Latin American, Humor, Literature, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Literary Fiction, 20th Century
ratings_count: 6703
places: South America
series: Latin American Trilogy
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best First Book in South Asia and Europe
publisher: Minerva