Not gonna valourise him because his politics went places I don't want to follow, but some of his books are on my all-time greatest hits list - The War at the End of the World; The Feast of the Goat; The Dream of the Celt; The Time of the Hero; Who Killed Palomino Molero? Not a bad list for a life.
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I was in Peru for the election when he ran against Fujimori - but I was just turning 19, and staying with a family who strongly supported him (MVL), so didn't really get a broad perspective on him.
The neoliberalism I wouldn't have known the name for at the time, but yes. But of course Fujimori immediately did the same things MVL had said he'd do, but Fujimori had said he wouldn't, i.e. removing subsidies.