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The Secret History of Costaguana (Hardcover) Published June 9th by Riverhead Books. Hardcover, pages. Author (s): Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Anne McLean (Translator) ISBN: (ISBN ) Edition language. The result is The Secret History of Costaguana, rendered into English by Anne McLean in a smooth and creatively faithful version, full of the happiest turns of phrase. Over many nights, Altamirano. The best lines in “The Secret History of Costaguana” were written by Joseph Conrad. Harsh, maybe, but such is the treatment that its Colombian author, Juan Gabriel Vásquez (“The Informers.