The greatest Novel of the Mexican Revolution, in a brilliant new translation by an award-winning translator The Underdogs is the first great Novel about the first great Revolution of the twentieth century.
At once a spare, moving depiction of the limits of political idealism, an authentic representation of Mexico\'s peasant life, and a timeless portrait of revolution, The Underdogs is an iconic Novel of the Latin American experience and a powerful Novel about the disillusionment of war..
Courageous and charismatic, he earns a generalship in Pancho Villa\'s army, only to become discouraged with the cause after it becomes hopelessly factionalized.
Demetrio Macias, a poor, illiterate Indian, must join the rebels to save his family.
The greatest Novel of the Mexican Revolution, in a brilliant new translation by an award-winning translator The Underdogs is the first great Novel about the first great Revolution of the twentieth century
