Mario Vargas Llosa: The Story of the Novelist Who Would Be President - Omnibus

10:45 PM to 11:45 PM

Monday 14 July

Mario Vargas Llosa: The Story of the Novelist Who Would Be President

Novelist Mario Vargas Llosa ran for the presidency of Peru in 1990. With unprecedented access, Nicholas Shakespeare's film follows Vargas Llosa through the most turbulent year of his life and weaves together his changing relationship with both literature and politics. First broadcast in 1990

Mario Vargas Llosa: The Story of the Novelist Who Would Be President - Omnibus airs on BBC Four HD at 10:45 PM, Monday 14 July. (Subtitles.)

Topics

Nicholas Shakespeare

Narrator

Paul Yule

Director

Andy Harries

Director

Andrew Snell

Editor