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The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts, Louis de Bernieres |
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The first book about Louis de Berniere's surreal, funny and exotic world of South America. Tales of 500 resuscitated conquistadores, an Aymara shaman who talks to the ghost of his dead daughter and non-stop sex will have you in stitches.
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The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman, Louis de Bernieres |
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Revel in the fantastic world of the people of Cochadebajo de los Gatos. Walk with jaguars, be possessed in a Candomble, and we guarantee you'll be laughing aloud on the bus.
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Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord, Louis de Bernieres |
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Dionisio Vivo's letters to the local paper wage battle against the coca barons. Leaving his house every morning to discover dead bodies in his front garden and severed hands pinned to his front door, Dionisio encountered the Lords' terrifying response. Read it and weep.
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De Bernieres' He lives in London and has won loads of prizes. His best-known book is Captain Corelli's Mandolin - but we haven't read it yet. Mail us if you have.
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One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez |
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An enchanting tale spanning a century, Gabriel Garcia Marquez' story unfolds around the Buendia family and the trials and tribulations of family life in the town Macondo. At once sad and elating, Marquez' lucid words take you on a magical journey into the Latin American past, and consciousness. The last line of this book will make you gasp, but don't read it first.
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Love in a Time of Cholera, Gabriel Garcia Marquez |
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A story of love found and then lost, and one man's loss through another man's gain. Read this and live the lives of Doctor Urbino, Fermina Daza and Florentino Ariza, in this South American love triangle.
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born in Columbia in 1928. He won a Nobel Prize for literature in 1982.
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Like Water for Chocolate, Laura Esquivel |
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In this book you'll find the recipes for love, unrequited love and revenge. Serving one of these magical dishes at a wedding will have all the guests in tears - read it to find out why. This tale of South American family life is a jewel.
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Heart of the Amazon, Yossi Ghinsberg |
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This is the story of a journey into the depths of the South American jungle - one which turned into a nightmare. Read this book and you'll be rooting for these intrepid explorers all the way.
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Yossi Ghinsberg comes from Isreal, and has travelled round the World. He's a founder of the Cita Institute for drug addiction.
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