The Lizard's Tail by Luisa Valenzuela

The Lizard's Tail

Luisa Valenzuela with Gregory Rabassa (Translator)

288 pages first pub 1983 (editions)

fiction literary adventurous challenging dark slow-paced
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The Lizard's Tail is a whip much favoured by Latin American torturers. It gives its name to this fictional biography of Lopez Rega, Isabel Peron's minister of social well-being who ruled Argentina through sorcery and witchcraft. A figure of immens...

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Moods

adventurous 100%
challenging 100%
dark 100%

Pace

slow 100%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 100%

Strong character development?

Yes: 100%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 100%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 100%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

It's complicated: 100%

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