A Fish in the Water: A Memoir

Vargas Llosa--an author, a politician, and a man with fascinating insight into his own life--tells the story of his run for the presidency of his native Peru in 1990 and his ultimate defeat by a political unknown. Weaving the story of his run for office with the story of his journey as a man, Vargas Llosa creates a complete and complex picture of a figure whose real story is just beginning.