Five peasant farmers beat up an author for revealing in his novel the dark secrets of their hamlet, including adultery, suicide, inbreeding and alcoholism, a court heard.
Posts Tagged ‘fight’
Writer attacked by characters
Saturday, July 7th, 2007Literary showdown: Vargas Llosa vs. Garcia Marquez
Sunday, May 20th, 2007
Nothing like a good beating between world famous intellectuals -and we seem to have so few of them. Some thirty years ago, Mr. Vargas Llosa took a swing at Mr Marquez and gave him a black eye. Apparently, they have not spoken to each other since. Some say it was political, others suggest they both fell for the same woman .