Heidrun Adler

4 books

Captain Pantoja and the Special Service by Mario Vargas Llosa

Captain Pantoja and the Special Service

Mario Vargas Llosa

260 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

fiction literary dark funny tense slow-paced
The House of God by Samuel Shem

The House of God

House of God #1

Samuel Shem

416 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)

fiction health dark funny medium-paced
The Obscene Bird of Night by José Donoso

The Obscene Bird of Night

José Donoso

438 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

fiction classics horror literary magical realism challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter by Mario Vargas Llosa

Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter

Mario Vargas Llosa

374 pages • first pub 1977 (editions)

fiction classics literary dark slow-paced