There's the love affair of the century between Dionisio and Anica Moreno, Lazaro's tragic dance with leprosy, and-to the great pleasure of fans of Bernières's previous novel, The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts-further interactions with the magical jaguars and human inhabitants of Cochadebajo de los Gatos. From the moment Dionisio Vivo and Ramón "Cochinillo" Dario attend to the cravate corpse deposited in his garden by the coca lords, you become ensconced in the world of Ipasueño, its passions, ironies, and political intrigues, and cease to be aware of the hand of Bernières behind the scenes.ĭionisio, a professor of philosophy, writes a series of letters, published in the prestigious journal La Prensa, castigating the coca trade, and from there the story spins furiously in many directions and subplots. Louis de Bernières is a masterful writer, which is to say his command of the various crafts of writing-creating character, innovative description, telling a whopping good story-weaves a spell and sucks you into the magic.
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