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Mario Vargas Llosa’s first novel is set in the Leoncio Prado Military Academy in Lima, which the author himself attended as a youth. The cadets rebel against the harsh discipline by breaking rules, cheating in exams, climbing over the wall to visit the city and bullying the weakest member of the group, nicknamed The Slave. However, when events lead to an unexpected tragedy, the cadets are dragged into a cycle of betrayal and revenge, while the officers in charge do everything in their power to c
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