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Cervantes the seer

William Egginton's smart, thoughtful and intriguing book about the author of Don Quixote is prone to going too far

issue 18 June 2016

  • The Man Who Invented Fiction: How Cervantes Ushered in the Modern World

    William Egginton

    Bloomsbury, pp. 239

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