Los ultimos dias de La Prensa
Los últimos días de La Prensa, tercera novela publicada por Jaime Bayly, nos ofrece las conocidas cualidades de su autor en un registro distinto del que hasta ahora venía siendo habitual en él: no nos hallamos, esta vez, ante una novela centrada en la bisexualidad y la cocaína, sino ante la crónica satírica y burlesca del periodismo cutre, visto a través de los ojos de un adolescente que lleva a cabo, en tan sórdido y disparatado contexto, su aprendizaje de la vida e incluso su iniciación al...
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The sharply humorous view of two aspects of the decadence of the Peruvian upper class seen through the eyes of the central character, a disingenuous and impressionable teenager.Library JournalBorn in Lima, Peru, in 1965, Bayly has worked as a TV host in Lima, Santa Domingo, and now Miami. His first novel, No se lo digas a nadie, was a best seller in Spain when it was published in 1994 and has been widely read by Hispanics here and in Latin America. In his third novel, Bayly veers from the homosexual, drug-related themes of his previous works to explore the world of yellow journalism as seen through the eyes of Peruvian teenager Dieguito. Marked by the satirical style and crude realism of his other books, this absorbing novel will continue to win Bayly devoted readers.Jorge Gonzalez
\ Library JournalBorn in Lima, Peru, in 1965, Bayly has worked as a TV host in Lima, Santa Domingo, and now Miami. His first novel, No se lo digas a nadie, was a best seller in Spain when it was published in 1994 and has been widely read by Hispanics here and in Latin America. In his third novel, Bayly veers from the homosexual, drug-related themes of his previous works to explore the world of yellow journalism as seen through the eyes of Peruvian teenager Dieguito. Marked by the satirical style and crude realism of his other books, this absorbing novel will continue to win Bayly devoted readers.Jorge Gonzalez\ \
