In this novel, a woman is nursed back to health in the relative safety of the Two-Step Tavern, which sharply contrasts with a police station where Fedina's baby dies of starvation in her arms.
In this novel, a woman is nursed back to health in the relative safety of the Two-Step Tavern, which sharply contrasts with a police station where Fedina's baby dies of starvation in her arms. Distraught at the social inequality following a devastating 1917 earthquake, the author wrote a story titled "The Political Beggars," which became this novel. This novel begins with one of the beggars sleeping on the Cathedral Porch murdering a man who mockingly yelled (*) "Mother!" into his ear. This novel ends with a pair of tragedies for Camila, whose husband is arrested en route to Washington D.C. on government business, and whose father General Canales dies leading a rebellion against the title character. The Zany is saved from a buzzard by this novel's protagonist, Miguel Angel Face. For 10 points, name this dictator novel by Guatemalan author Miguel Asturias.
In this novel, a woman is nursed back to health in the relative safety of the Two-Step Tavern, which sharply contrasts with a police station where Fedina's baby dies of starvation in her arms.
El Senor Presidente [or Mister President] 