false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178688463m/822469.jpg 822469 19 Pantaleón Pantoja, a recently promoted army captain, is entrusted with a top-secret mission to establish a prostitution service for the Armed Forces of Peru. As a faithful soldier, Pantaleón transfers to Iquitos in the middle of the jungle, to carry out his mission. His enthusiasm, however, endangers the very scheme he has put in motion. Thus begins this classic in Latin American literature, which was published in 1973 and later made into a film. <P>Description in Spanish: <P>Pantaleón Pantoja, un capitán del ejército recientemente ascendido, recibe la misión de establecer un servicio de prostitución para las Fuerzas Armadas del Perú en el más absoluto secreto militar. Estricto cumplidor del deber que le ha sido asignado, Pantaleón se traslada a Iquitos, en plena selva, para llevar a cabo su cometido, pero se entrega a esta misión con tal obcecación que termina por poner en peligro el engranaje que él mismo ha puesto en movimiento. Así arranca esta novela, publicada en 1973 y llevada posteriormente al cine. Mario Vargas Llosa utiliza esta anécdota para subrayar la hipocresía de las instituciones que se llaman ejemplares y del oficio más viejo del mundo. El eterno debate entre verdad y mentira, entre necesidad y virtud, y las perniciosas consecuencias que depara a veces la observancia rigurosa del deber son valores fundamentales de esta extraordinaria novela. 2099767 1973 Pantaleon y Las Visitadoras total:293|5:81|4:120|3:62|2:27|1:3| 293 1128 370 19 822469 8495501023 9788495501028 222 12 3.85 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178688463m/822469.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/822469.Pantaleon_y_Las_Visitadoras 2 0 false Wed Dec 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 11:06:06 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 13:17:42 -0800 2008 more...]]> 784518 0374522367 9780374522360 12 4 3.85 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178317234m/784518.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/784518.Captain_Pantoja_and_the_Special_Service 2 0 false Thu Jul 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 15 00:51:59 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 18 08:48:39 -0700 2008
_captain pantoja and the special service_, a "farcical" take on religion, sex and the military, however, was an extreme disappointment to me.

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