Diary of the War of the Pig (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Adolfo Bioy Casares
- First Published: 1969
- Type of Plot: Social satire
- Time of Work: The near future
- Setting: Buenos Aires
- Principal Characters: Don Isidoro Vidal, Isidorito, Nélida, Arturo Farrall, Néstor Labarthe, Leandro Rey, James Newman (Jimmy), Dante Révora, Lucio Arévalo
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire
- Subjects: Teenagers, Murder or homicide, Future, Gangs, youth, Oppression, South America or South Americans, Old age or elderly people
- Locales: Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Novel
A nightly card game in a Buenos Aires café opens the action of the novel. Here, members of an elderly group discuss the topic that dominates the ensuing narrative: Members of a youth movement are exterminating old people. On their way home from the game, Don Vidal and his friends witness an encounter with one of the repressive squads of youths. In an alleyway, amid the turmoil of yelling and brutal sounds of sadistic aggression, they discover the body of the old newspaper vendor, Don Manuel. This nightmarish experience is repeated throughout the story as Don Vidal...
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