The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts - (Vintage International) by Louis de Bernieres (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A farcical tragedy inextricably entangled with myth, Louis de Bernieres's brilliant first novel is an intoxicating story of life, love, and politics in South America. The war begins when the haughty Dona Constanza tries to divert the village river to fill her swimming pool, and the ensuing events become more and more weird and funny.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>This rambunctious first novel by the author of the bestselling "Corelli's Mandolin" is set in an impoverished, violent, yet ravishingly beautiful country somewhere in South America. When the haughty Doñ a Constanza decides to divert a river to fill her swimming pool, the consequences are at once tragic, heroic, and outrageously funny.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Louis de Bernieres' novels include <b>The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts</b> (Commonwealth Writers Prize, Best First Book Eurasia Region, 1991), <b>Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord</b> (Commonwealth Writers Prize, Best Book Eurasia Region, 1992), and <b>The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman</b>. The author, who lives in London, was selected as one of the twenty Best of Young British Novelists 1993.
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