A bawdy tale of colonial Mexico, a merciless political satire, a kaleidoscope of Mexican society in the twilight of Spanish rule...
"With David Frye`s exquisitely clear and elegant translation, the English-speaking world now can fully enjor El Periquillo Sarniento, the 19th-century novel that rendered the swirling and messy city of Mexico into a comic work of art."
Richard Rodriguez
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