the theme of the novel is unexpected, civic revolt of the population of capital (Lisbon), violent government reaction that goes to abjection, one bad spell at home
A setting against democracy and the voting. What could happen if a whole city was mobilizing to vote "White" in an election ??? Well done, never Manichean, a lucid text, funny and full of meaning on men.
Remarkable in more ways than one. A style like you see little. If the first approach is difficult it is done very quickly to the point and no quotation marks. Commas replace giving even greater sense of freedom and fluidity. The translation probably
