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Mario Vargas Llosa
Captain Pantoja and the Special Service [EPUB ebook]

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This delightful farce opens as the prim and proper Captain Pantoja learns he is to be sent to Peru's Amazon frontier on a secret mission for the army-to provide females for the amorous recruits. Side-splitting complications arise as world of Captain Pantoja's remarkable achievements start to spread.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9780571268191 ● Translator Ronald Christ & Gregory Kolovakos ● Publisher Faber & Faber ● Published 2012 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2623492 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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