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Spans decades and continentsand in the process, with a deftness that borders on literary sleight of hand, bridges the. Its characters are cast about the globe like seeds in the wind. Its characters are cast about the globe like seeds in. A novel kindle edition by llosa, mario vargas, grossman, edith. The novel begins in the summer of 1950 in lima, peru, where the teenage ricardo is. Mario vargas llosa is perus foremost author and the winner of the 2010 nobel prize in literature. Mario vargas llosa has 269 books on goodreads with 3581976 ratings. The bad girl by mario vargas llosa great books guide.
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