Mario Vargas Llosa explores 1954 Guatemalan coup in new novel
Harsh Times, set in the 1950s, is historical fiction centering on events of a CIA-backed coup to overthrow Guatemala's democratically-elected government led by Jacobo Árbenz.
by Scott Simon
Nov 29, 2021
2 minutes
At 85-years-old, the Nobel-Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa is one of Latin America's most significant writers.
The Peruvian, who rose to international prominence in the 1960s, has a new book out called Harsh Times. And, like most of his work, it examines the dangers of power and corruption in Latin America.
, historical fiction set in the 1950s, follows military officer and
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