A Fish in the Water

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A Fish in the Water is written by Mario Vargas Llosa and published by Macmillan + ORM. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1429922540 (ISBN 10) and 9781429922548 (ISBN 13).

In this literary memoir, the Nobel Prize–winning author and Peruvian politician shares "a convincing self-portrait . . . an often funny and cautionary tale" ( Time). In 1990, Mario Vargas Llosa decided to run for the presidency of his native Peru. He campaigned on a platform of economic reform and stringent counterterrorism against the far-left gorilla group, Sendero Luminoso. His failed campaign against Alberto Fujimori generated international headlines, transforming the renowned author into a politician of world stature. A Fish in the Water is Vargas Llosa's personal account of his life as seen through the lens of his time as a candidate. He evokes the experiences that gave rise to his fiction, while—in parallel—he describes the social, literary, and political influences that led him to enter the political arena as a crusader for democracy and a free-market economy.