This stylish biography of the author traces his journey from left to right, and from ‘posh Lima’ to Cricklewood “At what precise moment had Peru fucked itself up? ” Those words on the opening page of Conversation in the Cathedral announced the arrival of a writer who understood that national hist...
Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jul/30/mario-vargas-llosa-by-gerald-martin-review-the-passions-and-politics-of-perus-nobel-laureate)