The Bad Girl

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• Dark honey and mischief

  The Bad Girl by Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by Edith Grossman 352pp, Faber, pounds 17.99 Reading a so-so novel by a first-rate author can be a disconcerting experience. Along with the letdown of the book itself, there's the constant muffled sense ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

• When a Lothario looks back

  The Bad Girl by Mario Vargas Llosa Faber £17.99, pp276 'I think the only way to write stories is to start with History - with a capital H,' wrote Mario Vargas Llosa more than 20 years ago in his seventh novel, The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta. His la ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

1 Review

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  Surprisingly gripping

  This started out reading a little bit too simplistic-romantic for me, but as the 'good boy' matures, along with his 'bad girl', so too does the relationship; and not always for the healthier...

  Books that span an entire lifetime of a character always spook me a bit; maybe it's the idea that a life ... (continue)

  This started out reading a little bit too simplistic-romantic for me, but as the 'good boy' matures, along with his 'bad girl', so too does the relationship; and not always for the healthier...

  Books that span an entire lifetime of a character always spook me a bit; maybe it's the idea that a life *can* be covered in so few pages, or that feeling that there's only finite time allotted to a person, but anyway, Llosa does it beautifully.

  There is a lot of depth given to both the main and the (sometimes peculiar!) supporting characters that draws you in; I read the whole thing in 3 days...

  I really enjoyed this book, will recommend it to others and definitely check out more of Llosa's writing; leave a note if you know of any that stand out in particular.

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• Others 403 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0571239315
• ISBN-13: 9780571239313
• Pub date: Aug 01, 2008
• Also available as: Paperback and Hardcover
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