Captain Pantoja and the Special Service

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"Pantaleón and the Visitors," published in 1974 and adapted for the cinema, is one of Mario Vargas Llosa's most popular and entertaining works. It follows Captain Pantaleón Pantoja, who is tasked with setting up a secret prostitution service for the isolated Peruvian Armed Forces in the Amazon jungle. Pantaleón must navigate the challenges of secrecy, family issues, and unexpected romantic entanglements as his discreet mission spirals into a major enterprise. The story is filled with quirky characters and explores themes of power, secrecy, and personal transformation. The novel has received several prestigious literary awards.

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262

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux