Novelist Mario Vargas Llosa Complains To NYT About Information Included In Book Review

Via the Guardian: The celebrated writer Mario Vargas Llosa has complained to the New York Times via a letter to the editor that a recent review of his new book, Notes on the Death of Culture, included incorrect information that the novelist had announced news of his relationship with Isabel Preysler on Twitter and had sold photos and a story to Hola! magazine. Wrote Mr. Vargas Llosa,

According to the review, a few days before the publication of my book I announced my new relationship with Miss Isabel Preysler on my “official Twitter account” and sold photos as well as the “exclusive” story to Hola! magazine in Spain for 850,000 euros. I have never had a Twitter account, and I have never posted and never will post anything on any Twitter account. I have never sold a photo or story to Hola! magazine or any other outlet in connection with any relationship or personal matter.

 As it turns out, the reviewer used a Daily Mail article as the source for his statements about Mr. Vargas Llosa’s Twitter announcement and relationship with Hola!.  The New York Times has agreed that “Using such information is at odds with the Times’s journalistic standards, and it should not have been included in the review.'”