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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.
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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
His bibliography includes:▼
* ''The Cubs and Other Stories'' (1959)
* ''[[The Time of the Hero]]'' (1963)
* ''[[The Green House]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Conversation
* ''[[Captain Pantoja and
* ''[[Aunt Julia and
* ''[[The War of the End of
* ''[[The Real Life
* ''[[Who Killed Palomino Morelo?]]
* ''The Storyteller'' (1987)
* ''[[In Praise
* ''[[Death
* ''[[Notebooks
* ''[[The Feast of the Goat]]'' (2000)
* ''[[The Way
* ''[[The Bad Girl]]'' (2006)
* ''[[The Dream
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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.
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* [[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
* [[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
* [[Knife Fight]]: “The Challenge”.
* [[Only Known
* [[Overprotective Dad]]: Mario’s father in ''Aunt Julia'', Cuéllar’s father in “The Cubs”.
* [[Rated "M" for Manly]]
* [[Shown His Work]]
* [[
* [[Teens Are Monsters]]: Sometimes played straight, sometimes subverted.
* [[Testosterone Poisoning]]
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* [[Write What You Know]]: Some of his work is based on his personal life.
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