But large parts of lots of books are rubbish, and sentimental, and inconsistent, and awkward, and full of ludicrous plot twists. And of course, in parts it is: sentimental, inconsistent, awkward and full of ludicrous plot twists. All fired up and full of vigour and vim, she wrote the book, apparently, in three months. The story goes that Isabel Allende was sitting at home one day when a bunch of people arrived on her doorstep, saying they owned the copyright to the character of Zorro and would she like to write a new novel about the masked avenger? Allende initially turned down the offer, considering such work beneath her, but then she started thinking about all that juicy historical detail - Spanish America in the late 18th century, the American war of independence, the power struggle between Old Europe and the New World, corrupt governors, the fight for justice on behalf of the oppressed - and she also started to imagine Antonio Banderas playing the role of Zorro in the film of the book, and thus was born Zorro: The Novel.
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