In this novel, the Scottish phrenologist Galileo Gall inadvertently becomes a gun smuggler. One character's lost glasses symbolize his unreliable reporting. That character, The Nearsighted Journalist,  represents (*) Euclides da Cunha, whose historical tract Os sertoes was the basis for much of this work. It studies the Canudos community led by the
In this novel, the Scottish phrenologist Galileo Gall inadvertently becomes a gun smuggler. One character's lost glasses symbolize his unreliable reporting. That character, The Nearsighted Journalist,  represents (*) Euclides da Cunha, whose historical tract Os sertoes was the basis for much of this work. It studies the Canudos community led by the Republic-hating Antonio Conselhiero, known as "The Counselor." For 10 points, name this Mario Vargas Llosa novel about the Brazilian government's clash with a millenarian sect.
In this novel, the Scottish phrenologist Galileo Gall inadvertently becomes a gun smuggler.
The {War} of the End of the {World} or La {guerra del fin del mundo}