'It's not the story - it's the way in which the story's presented'
Literary legend Mario Vargas Llosa reflects on the power of the written word
By Tom McCarthy
Daily Star staff
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
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In Mario Vargas Llosa's novel "The Feast of the Goat," the aging Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo is driven to fits by an inability to control his bladder. In one tense scene the generalissimo, fearing that he has wet himself at an official banquet, sits stiffly in his chair, silently cursing the incompetence of whoever failed to seat next to him the usual.
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