The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto (Paperback, Main)

By day a grey-suited insurance executive, by night a pornographer, Don Rigoberto fills up his notebooks with memories, fantasies and unsent letters. Has his second wife, Lucrecia, really had an affair with her young stepson, or is Don Rigoberto making it all up? Which episodes are real, and which are figments of his lurid imagination? Vargas Llosa keeps the reader guessing right to the end of this witty, yet always compelling novel. (Kirkus UK)

Don Rigoberto - by day a grey insurance executive, by night a pornographer and sexual enthusiast - misses Lucrecia, his estranged second wife. The pair separated following a sexual encounter between Lucrecia and Alfonso, Rigoberto's son. To compensate for her absence, Rigoberto fills his notebooks with memories, fantasies and unsent letters. Meanwhile, Alfonso visits Lucrecia, determined to win her love. In The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto, Mario Vargas Llosa keeps the reader guessing which episodes are real and which issue from Rigoberto's imagination. The novel, a wonderful mix of reality and fantasy, is sexy, funny, disquieting, and unfailingly compelling. If you enjoyed The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto, you might also like Mario Vargas Llosa's In Praise of the Stepmother.

General

Imprint:	Faber and Faber
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 1999
Authors:	Mario Vargas Llosa
Dimensions:	198 x 127 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	320
Edition:	Main
ISBN-13:	978-0-571-19575-6
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction
LSN:	0-571-19575-X
Barcode:	9780571195756

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