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Mario Vargas Llosa crea en Qui n mat a Palomino Molero? una intensa novela policial donde el suspense y la tensi n recorren toda la historia. En un escenario dominado por la corrupci n, y donde los prejuicios y desigualdades conforman la realidad social del pa s, la... Read Full Overview

This 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... Read Full Overview

In "Who Killed Palomino Molero," Mario Vargas Llosa turned to detective fiction. The novel is set on an air force base in Peru, where a young airman is found tortured and murdered. An entertaining and brilliantly plotted mystery, this book also takes up one of Vargas Llosa's... Read Full Overview

The author turns his brilliant narrative powers and breathtaking sleight of hand to detective fiction. In Peru in the 1950s, a young man is found tortured and murdered near an Air Force base. Only two local policemen, hardly equipped for the job, set out to investigate.