
Mario Vargas Llosa
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We take the occasion of the publication of Mario Vargas Llosa's new novel, The Bad Girl (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), to air this previously unheard interview in which the great Peruvian novelist describes the effects of "El Boom" –- magic realism and its relatives -- on the literature of Latin America.
- Read excerpt from The Bad Girl.
Guests:
- Mario Vargas Llosa: Peruvian novelist and essayist
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