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'''Mario Vargas Llosa''' is a Peruvian writer, politician and winner of the Nobel Prize. He is a firm believer of [[Write What You Know]] and tends to [[Shown Their Work|do the research]] of the subject he’s writing about.

His critics still debate whether he is a modernist or postmodernist. [[Internet Backdraft|Better not to get caught in the middle]].

Some of his books have been adapted to the big screen, [[Your Mileage May Vary]] regarding their quality.

He started being a leftist person, and even supported Castro’s government, before he became disillusioned with his dictatorship. Since then, he has allied with more centre-right politics. He competed for the presidency of his country in the early ‘90s, but was defeated by the [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] [[President Evil|Alberto Fujimori]] <ref>And if you know something about him, maybe you could see it as a [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]]</ref>.

He’s also the guy who said that Mexico “is the perfect dictatorship.” Of course, that was back then in 1990. He also [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|got in a fight with his once-friend]] [[Gabriel Garcia Marquez]] [[Wild Mass Guessing|for some reason]] and they haven’t spoken to each other since then.

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* ''The Cubs and Other Stories'' (1959)
* ''[[The Time of the Hero]]'' (1963)
* ''[[The Green House]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Conversation in the Cathedral]]'' (1969)
* ''[[Captain Pantoja and the Special Service]]'' (1973)
* ''[[Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter]]'' (1977)
* ''[[The War of the End of the World]]'' (1981)
* ''[[The Real Life of Alejandro Mayta]]'' (1984)
* ''[[Who Killed Palomino Morelo?]]'' (1986)
* ''The Storyteller'' (1987)
* ''[[In Praise of the Stepmother]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Death in the Andes]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Notebooks of Don Rigoberto]]'' (1997)
* ''[[The Feast of the Goat]]'' (2000)
* ''[[The Way to Paradise]]'' (2003)
* ''[[The Bad Girl]]'' (2006)
* ''[[The Dream of the Celt]]'' (2010)

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* [[A Real Man Is a Killer]]: Don Leonidas’ opinion in “The Challenge”.
* [[Busman's Holiday]]: He has stated that he writes on his vacations.
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: “On Sunday”.
* [[Embarrassing Nickname]]: Pichulita Cuéllar in “The Cubs” (it’s the Spanish equivalent of being called Dickie).
* [[Groin Attack]]: “The Cubs”.
* [[Hollywood Drowning]]: Averted in “On Sunday”. Though Rubén still splashes and screams for help, Miguel knows to not let Ruben touch him or they’ll both drown; instead, Miguel takes him by the hair to save him.
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: Don Leonidas and Justo in “The Challenge”.
* [[I Want to Be a Real Man]]
* [[Incest Is Relative]]: He caused a turmoil on his family when he married his uncle’s sister-in-law. This is narrated in ''[[Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter]]''.
* [[Knife Fight]]: “The Challenge”.
* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]
* [[Overprotective Dad]]: Mario’s father in ''Aunt Julia'', Cuéllar’s father in “The Cubs”.
* [[Rated "M" for Manly]]
* [[Shown His Work]]
* [[Invisible to Gaydar]]: Suspected on Cuéllar in “The Cubs”.
* [[Teens Are Monsters]]: Sometimes played straight, sometimes subverted.
* [[Testosterone Poisoning]]
* [[Wild Mass Guessing]]: Nobody knows why he fought with García Márquez; both of them avoid the issue on purpose.
* [[Write What You Know]]: Some of his work is based on his personal life.

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