The Discreet Hero

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

A tale of two cities—Piura and Lima—rocked by scandal, and the disintegrating bonds of loyalty between the generations

Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa’s novel 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...