New York: Grove Press, 1966. dj. Author's first novel, which caused a scandal in his native Peru ( a thousand copies were burnt at the military academy in Lima which was the books setting) but which was also awarded the Biblioteca Breve Prize for the best new work of fiction in the Spanish language. Translated by Lysander Kemp. This copy is an advance issue, consisting of unbound signatures laid into a dustwrapper. Pre-publication examples of this book are extremely uncommon.