Even though this character appears in a 1944 novel, the author created a similar character in his earlier The Eternal Smile. At one of his master's banquets, this character claims all of its participants are gluttons, but the worst glutton is Don Ricardo, who consumes a boar's head. In a disturbing scene, he is almost offer
Even though this character appears in a 1944 novel, the author created a similar character in his earlier The Eternal Smile. At one of his master's banquets, this character claims all of its participants are gluttons, but the worst glutton is Don Ricardo, who consumes a boar's head. In a disturbing scene, he is almost offered for dissection to a man that is painting a beautiful portrait of Theodora. Although tasked with carrying out the assassination of Il Toro, this character secretly poisons two others as well. After killing Angelica's cat, he schemes to have Giovanni killed, which leads to his enchainment in a dark dungeon at the end of the work. Although never mentioned by name, it is implied this character is serving in the court of Milan as Messer Bernardo is a stand-in for Leonardo, and his master, the unnamed Prince, is actually Cesare Borgia. For 10 points, identify this diminutive Par Lagerkvist title character.
Even though this character appears in a 1944 novel, the author created a similar character in his earlier The Eternal Smile.
Piccoline or Piccolino or the Dwarf