Tyrant Banderas - Ramon Del Valle-Inclan

An Nyrb Classics Original The First Great Twentieth-century Novel Of Dictatorship, And The Avowed Inspiration For Garciacute;a Maacute;rquezrsquo;s The Autumn Of The Patriarch And Roa Bastosrsquo;s I, The Supreme, Tyrant Banderas Is A Dark And Dazzling Portrayal Of A Mythical Latin American Republic In The Grip Of A Monster. Ramoacute;n Del Valle-inclaacute;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 Roachrsquo;s Cathouse To The Harris Circus To The Deep Jungle Of Tico Maipuacute;.