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The Secret History of Costaguana
Ever notice how history is usually told by the loudest, richest guy in the room? Now imagine someone quietly rewriting that story, with a wink, a smirk, and a whole lot of messy truth. That’s what Juan Gabriel Vásquez does in The Secret History of Costaguana—he takes the glossy, romanticized version of Colombia’s past and gives it a good shake, peeling back the layers until you’re left with something raw, real, and stubbornly human.
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