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This book won him the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1967.
From Wikipedia:
The US Government, in particular “the CIA, attempted to suppress the book through numerous front organisations, such as the Congress for Cultural Freedom.”
The novel is a strong critique of dictatorship and authoritarianism, themes that were particularly relevant to U.S. Cold War interests in Latin America.
Its a fictionalized but scathing depiction of a repressive regime, widely believed to be inspired by the dictatorship of Manuel Estrada Cabrera in Guatemala. The novel exposes the brutality, corruption, and dehumanization under such regimes. Given its strong anti-dictatorial stance, it could be seen as a critique of authoritarian governments in Latin America—many of which were backed by the United States during the Cold War to counter communism.
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