β Scribed by Ramon del Valle-Inclan
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An NYRB Classics Original
The first great twentieth-century novel of dictatorship, and the avowed inspiration for GarcΓa MΓ‘rquez's The Autumn of the Patriarch and Roa Bastos's I, the Supreme, Tyrant Banderas is a dark and dazzling portrayal of a mythical Latin American republic in the grip of a monster. RamΓ³n del Valle-InclΓ‘n, one of the masters of Spanish modernism, combines the splintered points of view of a cubist painting with the campy excesses of 19th-century serial fiction to paint an astonishing picture of a ruthless tyrant facing armed revolt.
It is the Day of the Dead, and revolution has broken out, creating mayhem from Baby Roach's Cathouse to the Harris Circus to the deep jungle of Tico MaipΓΊ. Tyrant Banderas steps forth, assuring all that he is in favor of freedom of assembly and democratic opposition. MeanΒwhile, his secret police lock up, torture, and execute students and Indian...
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