After four years, the Santo Domingo book fair has become an obligatory visit for all families, at least in Santo Domingo. The objective of President Leonel Fernández of using the fair to promote the importance of reading seems to have clicked. Book vendors say that sales are at record highs this year. Everyone gets to buy a book. For adults, the big seller this year is the controversial "Fiesta del Chivo," by Mario Vargas Llosa. But news reports say that other Trujillo Era books are also big sellers.
