The Way in Which Vadagasiosa Ranges, Apparently So Comfortably Across the Whole Continent

Vadagasiosa goes out of his way to get to know intellectuals, writers in the various countries that he's writing about. He thanks people have helped him do research in guatemala quite fulsomely in the acknowledgments of the novel. The interesting thing is, it's not just that he's good on the details of all these particular countries, he's also politically engaged in the national realities.