English translation copyright © 1994 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Inc.
Originally published in Spanish as El pez en el agua
Copyright © 1993 by Mario Vargas Llosa
All rights reserved
Published simultaneously in Canada by HarperCollinsCanadaLtd

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Vargas Llosa, Mario.
[Pez en el agua. English]
A fish in the water : a memoir / Mario Vargas Llosa ; translated
by Helen Lane.—1st ed.
p. cm.
1. Vargas Llosa, Mario. 2. Peru—Politics and
government—1980—. 3. Authors, Peruvian—20th century—Biography.
4. Politicians—Peru—Biography. I. Title. PQ8498.32.A65P4913 1994 863—dc20 [B] 93-42603 CIP

ISBN: 978-0-374-15509-4