{"product_id":"the-discreet-hero-by-mario-vargas-llosa","title":"The Discreet Hero by Mario Vargas Llosa","description":"\u003cp\u003eFelicito Yanaque has raised himself from poverty to ownership of a trucking business. His two sons work for him. He receives a threatening letter demanding protection money. The police don't take him seriously, Felicito refuses to pay up and gets sucked into a nightmare. He becomes a reluctant public hero. Then his mistress is kidnapped, and matters become seriously complicated. And he finds that his troubles have begun very close to home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis fate is interwoven with the story of Rigoberto, a wealthy Lima insurance executive. His boss and old friend, Ismael, suddenly announces that he is marrying his housekeeper, a chola from Piura, to the consternation of his twin sons, a pair of brutal wasters. Ismael escapes to Europe with his new bride, leaving Rigoberto to face the twins' threats, and their claims that he connived with a scheming woman to rob an old man of his fortune. Rigoberto is hounded by the press and TV. Meanwhile, his only son is having visions of a mysterious stranger who may or may not be the devil...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Information\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished: 2015\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCategory: Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages: 48\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235 x 155mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNote: Remaindered books or remainders\u003c\/strong\u003e are printed books that are over stocks and are sold at reduced prices. Remainder books are sometimes marked by the publisher or slightly damaged.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mario Vargas Llosa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45060161372470,"sku":"9780571310715","price":5.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/2811\/3956\/files\/Untitleddesign_27.jpg?v=1682421907","url":"https:\/\/puzzlesrusmore.au\/products\/the-discreet-hero-by-mario-vargas-llosa","provider":"booksrusandmore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}