>>I was pleased that Mario Vargas Llosa won the Nobel Prize in literature this week. Although he wrote more serious books, "Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter" had me hook, line, and sinker. A classic comic novel that doesn't just try to make you laugh. The scriptwriter's radio episodes become so convoluted he can't keep track of them himself and eventually kills them all off.
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>I looked at Vargas LLosa books and I only read the early ones :)
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>La ciudad y los perros 1962 - I like this one
>La casa verde 1966 - I read it but forgot about it
>Los cachorros 1967 - I read it but forgot about it
>Conversación en La Catedral 1969 - Did not read it
>Pantaleón y las visitadoras 1973 - Liked this one
>La tía Julia y el escribidor 1977 - I read it but forgot about it
>La guerra del fin del mundo 1981 - Loved this one
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>Did not read any other book from him...
>Historia de Mayta 1984
>¿Quién mató a Palomino Molero? 1986
>El hablador 1987
>Elogio de la madrastra 1988
>Lituma en los Andes 1993
>Los cuadernos de don Rigoberto 1997
>La Fiesta del Chivo 2000
>El Paraíso en la otra esquina 2003
>Travesuras de la niña mala 2006
>El sueño del celta 2010

I am glad you were not on the voting committee ;-)

They sound more romantic with the original Spanish titles.