num_pages: 228
description: David Frye's abridgment of his 2003 translation of The Mangy Parrot captures all of the narrative drive, literary innovation, and biting social commentary that established Lizardi's comic masterpiece as the Don Quixote of Latin America.
language: English
title: The Mangy Parrot, Abridged
titlecomplete: The Mangy Parrot, Abridged (Hackett Classics)
genres: Fiction, Spanish Literature, Latin American, Latin American Literature, Classics, 19th Century, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 1636
publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.