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Violence
None
No violence
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Very heavy
Explicit sexual content; disturbing child/adult dynamics
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of desire, art, and bourgeois sensuality
What this book is about
Vargas Llosa's 1988 erotic novel features the sensual relationship between Don Rigoberto, his wife Doña Lucrecia, and his young stepson Fonchito. Includes explicit sexual content and disturbing child/adult dynamics. Adults only.
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Explicit sexual content
Child-adult sexual dynamics
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