La novela cuenta la historia paralela de dos personajes: el ordenado y entrañable Felícito Yanaqué, un pequeño empresario de Piura, que es extorsionado; y de Ismael Carrera, un exitoso hombre de negocios, dueño de una aseguradora en Lima, quien urde una sorpresiva venganza contra sus dos hijos holgazanes que quisieron verlo muerto. Viejos conocidos del mundo vargallosiano aparecen en estas páginas: el sargento Lituma y los inconquistables, don...

"In 1916, the Irish nationalist Roger Casement was hanged by the British government for treason. Casement had dedicated his extraordinary life to improving the plight of oppressed peoples around the world--especially the native populations in the Belgian Congo and the Amazon--but when he dared to draw a parallel between the injustices he witnessed in African and American colonies and those committed by the British in Northern Ireland, he became involved...

The story of the relationship between Ricardo, a modest translator, and "the bad girl" he first loves as a teenager in Peru, but who continues to turn up in his life.

"Aquí comienza el relato de una increíble aventura: la de un grupo de niÃأos que decidieron imitar a los cruzados y emprendieron un sorprendente viaje" -- Page 4 of cover.

Translation of: El hablador. Follows the destiny of the Peruvian Jew, Saul Zuratas, who eventually becomes a member of the Machiguenga tribe.