In this novel, one character primarily addresses his narrations to Skimpy, a dog of unknown origins that frequently bites people. Another character in this novel writes and distributes pornographic stories inspired by the prostitute Golden Toes and Huatica (15[1])Street. The existence of four separate first-person “I’s” in this novel is referenced (-5[1])in the “four” that opens this novel announcing the results of a dice roll. Despite facing practical exile in this novel, (*) Gamboa refuses another character’s written confession. A character in this novel called “the slave” is murdered in retaliation for snitching on a member of a group called “The Circle” for stealing the answer key for a chemistry test. For 10 points, the cover-up of Jaguar’s crimes at Leoncio Prado Military Academy occurs in what novel by Mario Vargas Llosa? ■END■