Pantaleón y las visitadoras

Synopsis of Pantaleón y las visitadoras

«Pantaleón y las visitadoras» is the satirical novel by Mario Vargas Llosa, published by Seix Barral in paperback (310 pages, in Spanish).

Pantaleón Pantoja, captain of the Peruvian Army, is tasked with organising a prostitution service for the Armed Forces in the jungle. The captain's obsessive commitment to the mission triggers consequences that go beyond the plan. A satire on institutional hypocrisy and the absurdity of duty taken to the extreme.

The novel was originally published in 1973. This edition belongs to the Biblioteca de Bolsillo collection from Seix Barral.

For readers of Latin American literature and social satire, and for followers of the work of Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel Prize in Literature.