The Shadow of the Strongman: (La Sombra Del Caudillo)

A searing novel of the post-1910 Mexican revolutionary era that itself challenged the Mexican political establishment, Guzmán's *The Shadow of the Strongman* (*La Sombra del Caudillo*) stands beside Azuela's *The Underdogs* (*Los de abajo*) in the pantheon of Mexican fiction. Unmasking the years of political intrigue and assassination that followed the Revolution, the novel was adapted in the 1960 film *La Sombra del Caudillo*, which was banned in Mexico for thirty years.