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The Hero of the Big House [Hardcover]

Alvaro Pombo (Author), Margaret Jull Costa (Translator)

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Book Description

Publication Date: November 1988

This is the first English translation of an erotic fable of love and betrayal which won the Premio Herralde de Novela, Spain's prestigious literary award. Alvaro Pombo creates a gallery of comic characters dominated by the boy Nicholas, whose cherubic appearance conceals a nature entirely corrupt. Spanish writer Alvaro Pombo has published three collections of poetry and five novels which include "Insignificant Pleasures", "Appearances" and "The Adopted Son".

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Product Details

Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: Chatto & Windus (November 1988)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0701131934
ISBN-13: 978-0701131937
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,817,964 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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