" This novel's main plot is intertwined with an italicized account of the last days of General Juan Galo de Lavalle.
Two characters in this novel encounter Jose Luis Borges on the street and repeatedly insult his prose. As a child, one character in this novel entertains himself by catching sparrows and poking needles in their eyes. That character writes a paranoid novel accusing blind people of conspiring to rule the world in its third section, "Report on the Blind." This novel's main plot is intertwined with an italicized account of the last days of General Juan Galo de Lavalle. In this novel, Fernando is murdered by his daughter, who then commits suicide by immolation. That woman, Alejandra Olmos, is the object of Mart? Castillo's obsessions. Set during the rule of Juan Per?, for 10 points, name this novel, the magnum opus of Ernesto Sabato.
Two characters in this novel encounter Jose Luis Borges on the street and repeatedly insult his prose.
On Heroes and Tombs[or Sobre h?oes y tumbas]