The Dissertation
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"The second book in R.M. Koster's highly acclaimed Tinieblas trilogy (following The Prince), The Dissertation is the story of--and a story by--Camilo Fuertes. To fulfill his Ph.D. requirement, Fuertes decides to write about his father, the martyred president of Tinieblas, a country in Latin America. We follow Leon as he winds his twisted path through delinquency, learning, bravery, and incest to the presidency. At once a powerful vision of Latin American history and a brilliant parody of the academic form--complete with endnotes!--The Dissertation is an essential postmodern novel in the tradition of Vonnegut, Barth and Nabokov, ready to be embraced by a new generation of readers"-- Provided by publisher.
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Tinieblas
2.
PUBLISHED
New York : The Overlook Press, 2013.
Year Published: 2013
Description: 429 pages ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781468301182
1468301187
SUBJECTS
Politics and government -- Fiction.
Latin America -- Fiction.
Political fiction.
Historical fiction.