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Subject: AUNT JULIA AND THE SCRIPT-WRITER by Vargas Llosa
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Date: Sun, 9-Feb-86 10:24:02 EST
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Posted: Sun Feb  9 10:24:02 1986
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	    AUNT JULIA AND THE SCRIPTWRITER by Mario Vargas Llosa
			      Avon, 1985, $3.95.
		      A book review by Evelyn C. Leeper

     Vargas Llosa is Peru's leading novelist.  Since I just spent two weeks
in Peru, I though I would try the latest of his works to be translated into
English.  The plot revolves around Mario's infatuation with his Aunt (by
marriage) Julia.  The fact that she is much older than he, and divorced,
scandalizes the family.  As a comic novel, it's fairly low-key (though one
can imagine a filmmaker having great fun with the part where Mario and Julia
try to convince a drunken mayor to marry them), but for me, at least, its
value was more in giving me a glimpse of Peru (albeit the Peru of the
1950's).  People who like quiet humor may find it appealing.


					Evelyn C. Leeper
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