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The Bad Girl

The Bad Girl

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Ricardo Somocurcio is in love with a bad girl. He loves her as a teenager known as 'Lily' in Llama in 1950, when she arrives one summer out of the blue, claiming to be from Chile but vanishing the moment her claim is exposed as fiction. He loves her next in Paris, where she appears as the enchanting 'Comrade Arlette', an activist en route to Cuba, and becomes his lover, albeit an icy, remote one who denies having knowledge about the Lily of years gone by. Whoever the bad girl turns up as - whether it's Madame Robert Arnoux, the wife of a high-ranking UNESCO official, or Kuriko, the mistress of a sinister Japanese businessman - and however poorly she treats him, Ricardo is doomed to worship her.

Gifted liar and irresistible, maddening muse - does Ricardo ever know who she really is? The answer is as unclear as what has become of Ricardo himself, a lifelong expatriate shadowed by the sense that he is only ever drifting.

Mario Vargas Llosa's beguiling novel The Bad Girl, tries to differentiate between the strange bedfellows of good and bad, proving that either can turn out not what they appear to be.

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ISBN13: 9780374182434
ISBN10: 0374182434
Language: English
Publication Year: 2007
Format: Hardcover

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    A seductive exploration of love, deception, and identity.

  • Who is this book for?

    This book is a captivating journey through obsession and the mystery of identity, perfectly suited if you enjoy complex characters and atmospheric storytelling. You may find yourself drawn into Ricardo's world, unsure of who to trust or believe, as he encounters a woman who embodies elusive charm and intrigue. It's a beautifully written novel that questions the nature of truth and the masks people wear.

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