A review by cmstaton
The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas Llosa

4.0

Beautifully written (translation), but not for the faint of heart. An intense story of a woman else childhood was destroyed intimately by a brutal dictator, told along side the stories of the dictator himself and the men who plot to assassinate him.

My personal experience of this book was increased by unrelated things. I purchased this book at a used bookstore, and in it I found several ticket stubs from trains and planes, some in other languages. This is why used bookstores are awesome.

Merged review:

Beautifully written (translation), but not for the faint of heart. An intense story of a woman else childhood was destroyed intimately by a brutal dictator, told along side the stories of the dictator himself and the men who plot to assassinate him.

My personal experience of this book was increased by unrelated things. I purchased this book at a used bookstore, and in it I found several ticket stubs from trains and planes, some in other languages. This is why used bookstores are awesome.