{"product_id":"the-feast-of-the-goat-paperback","title":"The Feast of the Goat - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Feast of the Goat\u003c\/i\u003e, this 'masterpiece of Latin American and world literature, and one of the finest political novels ever written' (\u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e), Mario Vargas Llosa recounts the end of a regime and the birth of a terrible democracy, giving voice to the historical Trujillo and the victims, both innocent and complicit, drawn into his deadly orbit.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHaunted all her life by feelings of terror and emptiness, forty-nine-year-old Urania Cabral returns to her native Dominican Republic - and finds herself reliving the events of l961, when the capital was still called Trujillo City and one old man terrorized a nation of three million. Rafael Trujillo, the depraved ailing dictator whom Dominicans call the Goat, controls his inner circle with a combination of violence and blackmail. In Trujillo's gaudy palace, treachery and cowardice have become a way of life. But Trujillo's grasp is slipping. There is a conspiracy against him, and a Machiavellian revolution already underway that will have bloody consequences of its own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A fierce, edgy and enthralling book ... Mr. Vargas Llosa has pushed the boundaries of the traditional historical novel, and in doing so has written a book of harrowing power and lasting resonance.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48689625759961,"sku":"9780312420277","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/3121\/5065\/files\/9780312420277.jpg?v=1778540273","url":"https:\/\/www.blacknectarbooks.com\/products\/the-feast-of-the-goat-paperback","provider":"blacknectar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}