Llosa wrote Death in the Andes in 1993, it being his play on a detective story, the setting in Narccos, Peru. The book explores the disappearances of three outsiders, a mute, albino, and outsourced foreman. Emphasis is also placed on the xenophobic violence of the Terrucos, a communist terrorist organisation that controlled regions of the Andes. My intrigue toward extremist politics of countries and political criticism resulted in much individual interest to such plot line and criticisms towards Peru’s governmental system portrayed in the text. Llosa also explores ideas of spiritualism within remote communities, creating two narratives running alongside one another, of the current politics and past folklore. These two plot lines were of great interest, whereas the sole element that retracted from the book was the integration of such plot lines, in addition to further sub-plots, with one another. I often felt lost for a page or two when the focus of the chapter changed, this not often being particularly clear and retracting from my ability to immerse myself in the story. Despite this, the themes and construction of Death in the Andes were very much to my taste and I enjoyed my journey with the text.