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Picaresque Novels
As a Yale Lit major many moons ago, I had the distinct pleasure of reading "Lazarillo de Tormes " in a Spanish literature I took : I loved it and have never forgotten it ! I know that Tom Jones was a direct descendent of the genre and have always thought that Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales " and Mark Twain's " Huckleberry Finn " were of the same genre as well. Recently, I started reading Noah Gordon's "The Physician " (published 1986)in our men's book club and was prepared to bail out when I saw it was 750 pages ! However I began reading...and reading... and reading until I burst out laughing and said " My God, another picaresque novel " !! I am curious if other aficionados of this genre read this book and agree it belongs in the Picaresque Hall of Fame !20:27, 20 November 2021 (UTC)73.70.148.115 (talk)