The Feast of the Goat, Mario Vargas Llosa — 1st Edition (Proof Copy)

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The Feast of the Goat, Mario Vargas Llosa — 1st Edition (Proof Copy)

Name: The Feast of the Goat, Mario Vargas Llosa — 1st Edition (Proof Copy)
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 6421
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Publication: London, Faber and Faber, 2002

Formatting: 8vo, pp. [viii], 409.

Condition Report: Very Good. The binding remains tight, secure, and square, exhibiting no discernible reading lean or spine creasing. The printed card wrappers are crisp and bright, showing only the most trivial hints of shelf-wear to the extremities. The page block is notably clean, free of significant age-toning or foxing, presenting an unread and exceptionally well-preserved appearance throughout.

Catalogue Note: This is a publisher's uncorrected proof copy in printed card wrappers, issued prior to the novel's formal UK hardcover publication. Proof copies such as this were produced in strictly limited numbers for distribution to reviewers, booksellers, and literary critics, rendering them scarcer than the standard trade first editions that followed.

The text is presented clean and without illustrations. The copy carries no previous ownership signatures, bookplates, or binders' stamps, standing as an unblemished example of a pre-publication state.

The Feast of the Goat is a gripping exploration of power, corruption, and the enduring scars of tyranny. The narrative follows Urania Cabral, a New York lawyer who returns to the Dominican Republic after a lifelong, self-imposed exile, only to confront the lingering shadows of dictator Rafael Trujillo's brutal regime. Alternating between Urania's personal reckoning thirty years later and the tense, conspiratorial days of 1961 leading up to Trujillo's assassination, Mario Vargas Llosa masterfully dissects the psychological and political machinery of oppression. It is a profound historical novel that vividly captures both the decadence of Trujillo’s inner circle and the devastating human cost for those caught in its wake.

Book Condition: Very Good

Book Authors: Mario Vargas Llosa

Book Publisher: Faber and Faber

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Fiction

Genre: Historical Fiction

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 409

Book Publication Year: 2002

Book Publication Date: March 18, 2002

Book Binding: Softcover

Illustrator: N/A

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: London, United Kingdom

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