Epaminodas Goncalves attempts to disgrace the Baron de Canabrava by duping Galileo Gall into smuggling guns in this novel, the conclusion of which sees the forces of Moreira Cesar sent to massacre the followers of the apocalyptic revolutionary Antônio Conselheiro.
At one point in this work, the Dwarf tells the story of a girl from Ceara who joined the circus after hair inexplicably began to grow "on her back, her arms, her legs, her face." Minor characters in this novel include an orphan who is beaten badly by the cobbler One-Eye and a character who constantly licks his gold tooth. The wife of the guide Rufino is raped by an itinerant phrenologist in this work, and she tells her story to the unnamed glasses-wearing reporter who represents the author of Os Sertoes, on which this novel is based. Epaminodas Goncalves attempts to disgrace the Baron de Canabrava by duping Galileo Gall into smuggling guns in this novel, the conclusion of which sees the forces of Moreira Cesar sent to massacre the followers of the apocalyptic revolutionary Antônio Conselheiro. For 10 points, name this semi-historical novel about the Counselor's rallying of the people of Canudos, Brazil, a work of Mario Vargas Llosa.
At one point in this work, the Dwarf tells the story of a girl from Ceara who joined the circus after hair inexplicably began to grow "on her back, her arms, her legs, her face."
The {War} of the End of the {World} [or La {guerra del fin del mundo}]