Captain Pantoja and the Special Service - Mario Vargas Llosa

This delightful farce opens as the prim and proper Captain Pantoja learns he is to be sent to Peru’s Amazon frontier on a secret mission for the army—to provide females for the amorous recruits. Side-splitting complications arise as world of Captain Pantoja's remarkable achievements start to spread.

Series: n/a

Hardcover: 244 pages

Printing: 1st

Publisher: Jonathan Cape (1978)

Language: English

Condition: Near Fine(See Condition Notes)

Condition Notes: 1st Edition, 1st Print Hardcover in unclipped jacket. Blue boards gilt lettering. Text and pages clean and unmarked. Jacket protected by an Brodart adjustable jacket cover. (We put this cover on after we took the pictures for the listing.) A nice copy.