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Captain Pantoja and the Special Service

work by Vargas Llosa

Also known as: “Pantaleón y las vistadoras”

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Captain Pantoja and the Special Services, filmed 2000) is a satire of the Peruvian military and religious fanaticism. His semi-autobiographical novel La tía Julia y el escribidor (1977; Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, filmed 1990 as Tune in Tomorrow) combines two distinct narrative points of…
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