It was some months after the publication of his novel that he visited the American city, and actually stood by the grave of Stan Laurel, leaving there a copy of his book.

[4] Shortly after the Proceso de Reorganización Nacional coup d'état in Argentina in 1976, he was compelled to move tout of fear for his physical safety first to Brussels, (where he met his wife Catherine), and then to Paris, where he lived in exile until 1984.

While in France he befriended Julio Cortázar, with whom he founded the short-lived experience of the monthly magazine Sin censura.

After the fall of the military junta, he returned to Buenos Aires, and the publication of his books were met with large success, not only in South America but also in Italy and several other countries where his works begun to be translated and published.

In his books, Soriano succeeded in mixing his experiences as a democratic activist and as a strong critic of the violence wielded by reactionary governments with extraordinary humor.