Granta 36

The novelist's personal account of his campaign for the presidency of Peru. Plus: Alvaro Vargas Llosa as his father's press officer, Sergio Ramirez on the end of the Sandinistas, George Steiner on the end of the dream of communism, Graham Swift, T. Coraghessan Boyle, and Martin Amis's Time's Arrow (part three). In this issue Mario Vargas Llosa: A Fish Out of Water Alvaro Vargas Llosa: The Press Officer Mark Malloch Brown: The Consultant Sergio Ramirez: Election Night in Nicaragua George Steiner: Proofs Martin Amis: Time's Arrow (Part Three): The Conclusion T. Coraghessan Boyle: Sitting on Top of the World Graham Swift: Plastic David Grossman: Cairo