Series: Latin American Trilogy
by Author Louis De Bernières
The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman (1998)
Mildly disappointing, but only compared to the insanely high standards I have come to expect from Mr de Berniéres and his extreme awesomeness as an author.The storyCardinal Guzman is not the best guy around, not even by normal person standards. And the man is a Cardinal! So as you might expect, C...
Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord (1998)
... let me introduce you to Dionisio properly, except that I am going to start calling him Empedocles, who misguidedly threw himself into a volcano in order to prove that he was a god. I find that analogy very apt. In the eyes of his friend Ramon, an unusual policeman who refuses bribes and reads...
The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts (1997)
I feel inherently bad whenever I decide to rate a book with such a dismal rating as “1 Star.” Yes, I am fully aware that my opinionated “1” means diddlysquat in the totality of things; that I am just a minuscule reader, one of millions, and my less than stellar rating is predictable should a publ...