Mario Vargas Llosa (1936-2025) was a Peruvian writer, one of the outstanding representatives of Latin American prose, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2010, the Cervantes Prize and other prestigious prizes, member of the French Academy, Knight of the Legion of Honor. In a cheap drinking establishment, two people meet: Santiago Savala, the son of a wealthy Peruvian bourgeois Fermin Savala, and Ambrosio, a black man who once worked as their chauffeur. A former master and a servant; once they were separated by a chasm, but today they converge in a shabby eatery with the pretentious name "Cathedral". Should I be surprised? After all, they live in a country of equal opportunities, where everyone has a chance – a chance to slip to the sidelines of life. By his own will or by the will of the villainess-fate.... Classics of Latin American prose. — Mario Vargas Llosa is an outstanding Peruvian writer, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, author of the novels "The Doomsday War", "The City and the Dogs" and "Captain Pantalaimon and the Company of Good Offices". — Written in 1969, the novel "Conversation at the Cathedral" is considered one of the best works of the 20th century and paints a large-scale portrait of Peruvian society in the middle of the century. — An edition in the "Exclusive Classics" series — in a convenient pocket format and recognizable design.