{"product_id":"who-killed-palomino-molero-paperback","title":"Who Killed Palomino Molero? - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMario Vargas Llosa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAlfred M. Adam\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eAlfred MacAdam\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis wonderful detective novel is set in Peru in the 1950s. Near an Air Force base in the northern desert, a young airman is found murdered. Lieutenant Silva and Officer Lituma investigate. Lacking a squad car, they have to cajole a local cabbie into taking them to the scene of the crime. Their superiors are indifferent; the commanding officer of the air base stands in their way; but Silva and Lituma are determined to uncover the truth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWho Killed Palomino Molero\u003c\/i\u003e, an entertaining and brilliantly plotted mystery, takes up one of Vargas Llosa's characteristic themes: the despair at how hard it is to be an honest man in a corrupt society.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMario Vargas Llosa\u003c\/b\u003e is Peru's foremost author and the winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature. In 1994 he was awarded the Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's most distinguished literary honor, and in 1995 he won the Jerusalem Prize. His many distinguished works include \u003ci\u003eThe Storyteller\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Feast of the Goat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAunt Julia and the Scriptwriter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDeath in the Andes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn Praise of the Stepmother\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bad Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eConversation in the Cathedral\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Way to Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe War of the End of the World\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 13, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762291081504,"sku":"9780374525569","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/08d2a11e0c29a6339c99b2c2bcba26e5.webp?v=1780218765","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/who-killed-palomino-molero-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}