Harsh Times

by Mario Vargas Llosa

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Tags: Set in Guatemala Male author Nobel Prize in Literature

Harsh Times

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Guatemala, 1954. A CIA-supported military coup topples the government. Behind this violent act is a lie passed off as truth, which forever changed the development of Latin America: that those in power encouraged the spread of Soviet communism in the Americas.

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