the peruvian author who went from leftist icon to thatcher's fan

The Rundown

so this peruvian author mario vargas llosa was basically the literary equivalent of a political clout chaser. he started out writing super left-wing stuff dissecting corrupt peruvian oligarchy, then somehow did a 180 and ended up high-fiving margaret thatcher at a fancy dinner. it's a wild read about one of the biggest political 180s in literary history.