MARIO VARGAS LLOSA - The Feast of the Goat

London England, Faber & Faber, 2002. 1st Uk Trade Paperback Edition, Binding: Soft Cover, Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0571215556 Trade Paperback Trade Paperback. Translated From the Spanish by Edith Grossman. Urania Cabral, a New York lawyer, returns to the Dominican Republic after a lifelong self-imposed exile. Urania's own story alternates with the powerful climax of dictator Rafael Trujillo's reign. In 1961, Trujillo's decadent inner circle - which includes Urania's soon-to-be disgraced father - enjoys the luxuries of privilege while the rest of the nation lives in fear and deprivation. But after the murder of its hated dictator is carried out, the Dominican Republic is plunged into the nightmare of a bloody and uncertain aftermath. Now, thirty years later, Urania reveals how her own family was fatally wounded by the forces of history. In this book Vargas Llosa eloquently explores the effects of power and violence on the lives of both the oppressors and those they victimized. 404 pp.