The Dream of the Celt

by Mario Vargas Llosa

Book Overview

A subtle and enlightening novel about a neglected human rights pioneer by the Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa In 1916, the Irish nationalist Roger Casement was hanged by the British government for treason. Casement had dedicated his extraordinary life to improving the plight of oppressed peoples around the world--especially the native populations in the Belgian Congo and the Amazon--but when he dared to draw a parallel between the injustices he...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374143463
• ISBN13: 9780374143466
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.4"