{"product_id":"9780571365692","title":"Harsh Times","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Vargas Llosa, Mario \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFiction \u0026amp; related items\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 3 November 2022 by FABER \u0026amp; FABER in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 304 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 197 x 22 | 246g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE NEW NOVEL FROM THE WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE'A wildly enjoyable book; the 85-year-old Vargas Llosa is as sharp and mordantly funny as ever.' Financial TimesGuatemala, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Mario Vargas Llosa has written a drama on a world stage, in which some persecutors end up as victims of the very plot they helped construct. Ironic and sensual, provocative and redemptive, Harsh Times is a story of international conspiracies and conflicting interests in the time of the Cold War, the echoes of which are still felt today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43924968833283,"sku":"9780571365692","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9780571365692_0ff8c880-a7b8-4ea1-9369-765e4d52b1a3.jpg?v=1731348413","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.pro\/products\/9780571365692","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}