The city and the dogs

Author's name: Mario Vargas Yusadar Publisher: Al-Jamal Publications for Publishing and Distribution Publication year: 2025 Literary classification: Novel Brief about the book: The novel takes place in "Leonethio Prado Military School" in Lima, the Peruvian capital, where teenagers are sent to learn military discipline. But instead of being a place of refinement, the school turns into a space filled with cruelty, violence, and injustice, as students face bullying, authoritarianism, and moral deviations. The story focuses on a group of students called "the dogs" (a sarcastic nickname), and through them, Yusa observes their psychological transformations between obedience and rebellion, friendship and betrayal, and the search for power in a suffocating environment.