Name: The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts
Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
ISBN: 9780375700132

Louis De Bernières

When the haughty Dona Constanza diverts the village river to fill her swimming pool, the government is convinced that guerrillas are to blame and dispatches the brutal Figueras and his men to find them

The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts

When the spoilt and haughty Dona Constanza tries to divert a river to fill her swimming pool, she starts a running battle with the locals. The skirmishes are so severe that the Government dispatches a squadron of soldiers led by the fat, brutal and stupid Figueras to deal with them. Despite visiting plagues of laughing fits and giant cats upon the troops, the villagers know that to escape the cruel and unusual tortures planned for them, they must run. Thus they plan to head for the mountains and start a new and convivial civilization. "The War of Don Emmanuel s Nether Parts" is the first novel in a trilogy set in South America. It won a Commonwealth Writers Prize in 1991."

The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts

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