From Kirkus Reviews
Memoirs Of A Militia Sergeant ($25.00; Dec.; 224 pp.; 0-19-511549-X): The lives of Portuguese-occupied Brazils black slave populace and poor free people alike are memorably dramatized in this robust picaresque satire, first published serially in 1852. Almeidas engaging antihero Leonardo, who islike his father and namesakean inveterate prankster and rogue, is both a convincing incarnation of the life force and, in his subordinate adversary relation to the tyrannical police inspector Vidigal (another brilliant drawn character), a comic Jean Valjean who continuously frustrates his pursuer Javert. A rediscovered gem: both a historically important work and a terrific entertainment. --
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From Library Journal
A staple of Brazilian literature, this 1855 novel (it was serialized a few years earlier) follows Leonardo, a scamp of a boy who grows into a roguish adult who takes after his cad of a father, also named Leonardo. The adventures are mostly light and satirical vignettes ? la Henry Fielding's Tom Jones.
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