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Summary: Decepcionante
Comment: Bayly tiene otros libros mejores. Este ni siquiera está bien escrito. Si quieren leer algo de este autor que disfrutarán, mejor busquen "Y de repente, un ángel". Mucho mejor como libro.
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Summary: A wonderful entertaining story not only for gay people
Comment: This book is really entertaining. I thought it was going to be just a story for gay people but it goes beyond that, telling you about the frustrations of the main character and teaching you about the process and adventure of eventually accepting ourselves the way we are born. The Peruvian slang (which is everywhere in the book) is easily understandable by anyone who pays enough attention to the story. It's also a wonderful book to learn about machismo in Latin America, about racial issues in Peru and the anti-natural ethical code proposed by the Catholic church and other fundamentalist religious trends.
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Summary: A book with controversial themes..well approached by Jaime B
Comment: No se lo digas a nadie deals with what is considered still a very controversial topic in most Latin American societies. Jaime Bayly explores the world of homosexuality and the reactions by the society in which one lives and the reader gets a taste of how people react, scorn, and alienate etc. homosexual and gay culture. The reader gets a picture of how the theme is dealt with in Lima, Peru but I think the reactions of people would be similar in other Latin cultures.
Joaquin, the protagonist struggles against traditional values, his father's machismo while he discovers his own homosexual tendencies. Also, we learn that the protagonist is drug addict- cocaine in Peru is not that difficult to ascertain. This book is worth the read if you want to explore the many themes that are revealed by Jaime Bayly in the book: homosexuality, drug addiction, and the presence of machismo in the Latin culture. The language is strong but it goes hand and hand with the theme of the book.
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Summary: Julius coqueado
Comment: El libro de Bayly es interesante en cuanto que presenta una version descarnada de los sectores altos de la sociedad peruana, que estan mas cercanos a Miami que al Peru. El libro esta bien escrito, pero carece en realidad de un estilo definido; no hay una propuesta literaria original o interesante. De otro lado, este libro fue escrito decadas atras por Alfredo Bryce Echenique en "Un Mundo para Julius", pero claro, Julius es una imagen mas blanca de la clase alta peruna, mientras que en la version Bayly lo unico blanco es toda la coca que se jalan! Lo recomiendo igual
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Summary: Riveting
Comment: I couldn't put it down. Except for some of the local slang words, this book is easy reading in Spanish (I am not a "native" speaker); and, as far as the colloquialisms were concerned, I found myself eagerly looking them up in a slang dictionary. An amazing writer who has the ability to say so much with just a word!
