When the beautiful teenage Lily arrives in Lima in 1950, fifteen-year-old Ricardo falls instantly in love with her. She claims to be from Chile, but vanishes the moment it becomes clear that she has lied about both her name and her nationality. A decade later, now living in Paris, Ricardo falls in love with a woman named Comrade Arlette, who is incredibly similar to Lily but refuses to acknowledge that she is the same person. For his whole life, Ricardo seems doomed to keep running into 'Lily', and to keep falling in love with her. Will he ever discover who she really is?

The Bad Girl by Mario Vargas Llosa is a gripping and poignant novel about a mysterious romance from one of Latin America's greatest writers.

About the Author
With novels including The War of the End of the World, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto and The Feast of the Goat, Mario Vargas Llosa has established an international reputation as one of the Latin America's most important authors.

Awards
Winner of Nobel Prize in Literature 2010 (Australia).



Book Information
ISBN 9780571234110
Author Mario Vargas Llosa
Format Paperback
Page Count 416
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
Weight(grams) 320g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 125mm * 25mm