Search
    Search FictionDB
      Tap cover to enlarge

      Death in the Andes

      by Mario Vargas Llosa
      Published
      Feb 1996
      Main Genre
      Suspense Suspense
      Rating
      Pages
      288
      Buy on Amazon Book

      About This Book

      Three men disappear in the Peruvian Andes where a guerilla group resides, in the Nobel Laureate's "intriguing political detective story . . . A terrific novel" (Kirkus Reviews).

      In Death in the Andes, Mario Vargas Llosa returns to the world of Corporal Lituma and his assistant Tomas Correo, last seen in Who Killed Palomino Molero?. Through his chilling tale of mystery, Vargas Llosa weaves an intricate tapestry of stark political realities and age-old Andean mysticism.


      When three men go missing and are presumed dead, suspicion falls on the Peruvian Marxist group Sendero Luminoso, or Shining Path. As Lituma and Correo investigate, they find themselves embroiled in the remote corners of an isolated community, which is itself caught in the web of violent guerrilla warfare.


      Part detective thriller, part political allegory, Death in the Andes shimmers with an undercurrent of magical realism. The narrative's panoramic view of Peruvian society illuminates its violent present, deeply entrenched in its rich yet haunting past.

      Genres & Themes

      Genres

      General Fiction Suspense

      Subgenres

      Literary

      Buy This Book

      Amazon Physical Book | Kindle
      Barnes & Noble Physical Book | Nook
      Bookshop.org Physical Book Apple Books eBook Google Play eBook Kobo eBook

      Formats & Editions

      Browse the different covers, formats, and publication history for this title.

      Paperback

      Paperback edition cover
      Trade Paperback
      Feb 1997 Penguin ISBN13 9780140262155 ISBN10 0140262156
      Buy
      Paperback edition cover
      Paperback
      Nov 2004 Faber and Faber (UK) ISBN13 9780571175499 ISBN10 057117549X
      Buy
      Paperback edition cover
      Trade Paperback
      Oct 2007 Picador ISBN13 9780312427252 ISBN10 0312427255
      Buy

      Hardcover

      Hardcover edition cover
      Hardcover
      First Edition Feb 1996 Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN13 9780374140014 ISBN10 0374140014
      Buy
      Hardcover edition cover
      Hardcover
      Feb 1996 Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN13 9780614154740 ISBN10 061415474X
      Buy

      eBook

      eBook edition cover
      eBook
      Mar 2011 Picador ISBN13 9781429921589 ISBN10 1429921587
      Buy
      eBook edition cover
      eBook
      Mar 2011 Picador ISBN10 B004QGYWGW
      Buy
      eBook edition cover
      eBook
      Oct 2012 Faber and Faber (UK) ISBN13 9780571268276 ISBN10 0571268277
      Buy