of mainland South America. (A small outlying town, Seccion Dieciocho, is
situated slightly further west, and just beyond there, the land itself reaches
its westernmost extent at Punta PariƱas.) Talara and some neighbouring cities
(Piura and Amotape) served as backdrop for the short novel 'Who Killed Palomino
Molero?' by Mario Vargas Llosa