Toño Azpilcueta, an expert in Creole music, discovers a virtuoso guitarist, Lalo Molfino, whose talent seems to confirm all his intuitions: the deep love he feels for Peruvian waltzes, marineras, polkas, and huaynos has a social justification. Perhaps what is happening is that Creole music is, in reality, not only a hallmark of an entire country and an expression of that Peruvian attitude of huachafería ("Peru's greatest contribution to universal culture," according to Toño Azpilcueta), but something much more important: an element capable of provoking a social revolution, of breaking down prejudices and racial barriers to unite the entire country in a fraternal and mestizo embrace. In a country fractured and ravaged by the violence of the Shining Path (the novel takes place in the early 1990s, in the midst of a terrorist offensive), music could be that which reminds all those who make up society that, above all else, they are brothers and compatriots. And perhaps Lalo Molfino's virtuosity has a lot to do with this. Toño Azpilcueta decides to investigate further about this guitarist, travel to his birthplace, get to know this elusive figure, learn about his story, his family and loves, and how he became such an accomplished musician. He also plans to write a book that tells the story of Creole music and develops the idea that the discovery of this extraordinary musician has instilled in him.
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