Happy Sunday. Our next 52 Books Bingo category is Picaresque literature which according to litreactor: "typically describes a low-born hero or rogue who uses his wits to wander through various branches of society without truly belonging to any of them, moving from adventure to adventure." The picaresque genre was established with the anonymously published Lazarillo De Tormes in the 1500's during the Spanish inquisition.
The Picaresque Novel: What It is and Why You Should Try Reading One
The Greatest Picaresque Books of All Time - a huge interesting and eclectic list in which I've read very few such as Don Quixote, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Gulliver's Travels, Hopscotch, White Noise, Glory Road, and the Undertaking of Hart and Mercy.
Beyond Dickens: 8 Picaresque Novels For The Modern Reader
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