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Copyright © 2013 by R. M. Koster
Copyright © 1975 by Sueños, S. A.
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Koster, R. M., 1934-
The dissertation : Tinieblas book two / R.M. Koster.
pages cm. — (Tinieblas ; book two)
Summary: “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.
1. Politics and government—Fiction. 2. Latin America—Fiction. 3. Political fiction. I. Title.
PS3561.O84D5 2013 813’.54—dc23 2013029478
Book design and typeformatting by Bernard Schleifer
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ISBN: 978-1-4683-0909-6