Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord by Louis de Bernières

De Bernières strongly disapproved of the film version, commenting, 'It would be impossible for a parent to be happy about its baby’s ears being put on backwards.' He does however state that it has redeeming qualities, and particularly likes the soundtrack. In 2001, the book was turned into a film. it was originally published as Corelli’s Mandolin. Captain Corelli’s Mandolinĭe Bernières’ most famous book is his fourth, Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, in which the eponymous hero is an Italian soldier who is part of the occupying force on a Greek island during the Second World War. It was his experiences in Colombia (as well as the influence of writer Gabriel García Márquez, describing himself as a 'Márquez parasite') that, he says, profoundly influenced his first three novels, The War of Don Emmanuel’s Nether Parts (1990), Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord (1991) and The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman (1992). On 16 July 2008 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in the Arts by the De Montfort University in Leicester, which he had attended when it was Leicester Polytechnic. It has been translated into over 11 languages and is an international bestseller. It was also shortlisted for the 1994 Sunday Express Book of the Year. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin was published in the following year, winning the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best Book. In 1993 de Bernières was selected as one of the '20 Best of Young British Novelists', part of a promotion in Granta magazine. Louis de Bernières (born 8 December 1954) is a British novelist most famous for his fourth novel, Captain Corelli’s Mandolin.

Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord by Louis de Bernières