Paperback edition of the latest work from the Nobel Prize winning Peruvian author, which reimagines the life of Irish nationalist Roger Casement. Beginning in 1916 as Casement prepares to be executed for his role in the Easter Rising, it looks back into his past. 'Mario Vargas Llosa's semi-fictionalised account of Casement's life portrays a heroic, if ultimately tragic champion of oppressed peoples...' "Sunday Telegraph