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Published by Jonathan Cape, 1978
ISBN 10: 0224016245ISBN 13: 9780224016247
Seller: zenosbooks, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
hardcover. 1st edition. London. 1978. Jonathan Cape. 1st British Edition. Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket With Small Tears To the Front and Back Top. 0224016245. Translated from the Spanish by Gregory Kolovakos & Ronald Christ. 244 pages. hardcover. Jacket illustration by Anita Lovitt. keywords: Literature Translated Peru Latin America . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Both a farce and a fable, CAPTAIN PANTOJA AND THE SPECIAL SERVICE marks a new direction in the literary development of Mario Vargas Llosa. Here, through a wonderfully comic montage of letters, military documents, radio broadcasts, dream sequences and dialogue, the author combines political satire with psychology, social criticism with humor, morality with uproarious sexuality. Pantaleon Pantoja, an Army captain who has been ordered to organize a special brigade of women to service the lonely troops in the jungle, meets with such success that he is forced to disband the very brigade he created. In the process, he nearly loses his wife and mother, while battling with religious zealots, a hypocritical radio announcer, the female recruits' and the Army that gave him the mission in the first place. The various elements of the story include arguments among the military officers over the morality of the brigade; a religious leader who wins thousands of converts (including Pantaleon's mother) by crucifying himself; a radio broadcaster who attempts to blackmail the Army; the private lives of the prostitutes themselves; and Captain Pantoja's involvement with one of his recruits.' VARGAS LLOSA brilliantly dissects social and moral clichEs, popular culture, military jargon, religious fervor and blackmail-all of which he presents and satirizes simultaneously. inventory #2533 Very Good in Slightly Worn Dustjacket With Small Tears To the Front and Back Top.
Published by Harper & Row, 1978
ISBN 10: 0224016245ISBN 13: 9780224016247
Seller: Book Deals, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Shows only minor signs of wear, and very minimal markings inside (if any).
Published by Harper & Row, 1978
ISBN 10: 0224016245ISBN 13: 9780224016247
Seller: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: Fair. Buy with confidence! Book is in acceptable condition with wear to the pages, binding, and some marks within.
Published by Jonathan Cape, 1978
ISBN 10: 0224016245ISBN 13: 9780224016247
Seller: Brooklyn Rare Books, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First UK Edition.
Published by Jonathan Cape Ltd, London, 1978
ISBN 10: 0224016245ISBN 13: 9780224016247
Seller: Twice Sold Tales, Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st British Edition. First British Edition. Dust Jacket in VG condition in mylar cover, light wear, £5.50 price on flap. Bright blue boards with gilt lettering in VG condition, light bumping on spine, small bit of fading on edges. Binding is tight. Beginnings of a split on front endpapers. Small bit of faint staining on edges of some pages.
Published by J. Cape, 1978
ISBN 10: 0224016245ISBN 13: 9780224016247
Seller: Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London, 1978. First Edition, First Printing. FINE- hardcover book in NEAR FINE dust-jacket. Price-clipped. Not remainder marked. Not a book club edition. Not an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.
Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1978
ISBN 10: 0224016245ISBN 13: 9780224016247
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First English edition. Translated by Gregory Kolovakos and Ronald Christ. Octavo. 244pp. Fine in very near fine dust jacket with a couple of tiny nicks.
Published by Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1978
ISBN 10: 0224016245ISBN 13: 9780224016247
Seller: Tornbooks, Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First UK Edition. Translated into English from original Spanish by Gregory Kolovakos and Ronald Christ. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover; teal cloth; gilt titles; 244 pp.; slight fading to cloth at topedge; else a lovely, clean and crisp copy. Protected in archival mylar. A nice copy of the fifth novel by the Nobel Prize winning Author.
Published by Harper Row, 1978
ISBN 10: 0224016245ISBN 13: 9780224016247
Seller: Hafa Adai Books, Moncks Corner, SC, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: very good.
Published by J. Cape, 1978
ISBN 10: 0224016245ISBN 13: 9780224016247
Seller: Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Publisher: Jonathan Cape, London, 1978. First Edition, First Printing. FINE hardcover book in NEAR FINE+ dust-jacket. Price-clipped. NOT remainder marked. NOT faded. NOT a book club edition. NOT an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.
Published by Harper & Row, 1978
ISBN 10: 0224016245ISBN 13: 9780224016247
Seller: Books Unplugged, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: Good. Buy with confidence! Book is in good condition with minor wear to the pages, binding, and minor marks within.
Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1978
ISBN 10: 0224016245ISBN 13: 9780224016247
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Book First Edition Signed
Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. London: Jonathan Cape, [1978]. First U.K. Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price; [12],244pp. Jacket spine panel a bit sunned, flap folds toned along margins, else a Very Good to Near Fine copy. Bookplate signed by the author laid in.
Published by Harper & Row, 1978
ISBN 10: 0224016245ISBN 13: 9780224016247
Seller: Wizard Books, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: new. New.
Published by Harper Row, 1978
ISBN 10: 0224016245ISBN 13: 9780224016247
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: new.
Published by Harper & Row, 1978
ISBN 10: 0224016245ISBN 13: 9780224016247
Seller: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.
Published by Harper & Row, 1978
ISBN 10: 0224016245ISBN 13: 9780224016247
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
Book
Condition: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.
Published by Harper & Row, 1978
ISBN 10: 0224016245ISBN 13: 9780224016247
Seller: GoldenWavesOfBooks, Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service.