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El Pequeno Cesar
Hardcover
Mystery & ThrillerClassic Fiction
ISBN13: 9781025743509
Publisher: Tradd Street Press
Published: Feb 14 2026
Pages: 138
Weight: 0.82
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: Spanish
El Pequeno Cesar es una obra fundamental de la narrativa criminal y el precursor del género noir moderno. Escrita por W. R. Burnett, esta novela narra el ascenso meteÃ3rico y la inevitable caÃ-da de Cesare Rico Bandello, un ambicioso delincuente de poca monta que se traslada a la gran ciudad con el sueño de dominar el submundo criminal. Ambientada en la vibrante y peligrosa era de la ProhibiciÃ3n, la historia captura con realismo brutal la atmÃ3sfera de violencia, lealtad y traiciÃ3n que define la vida de los gángsters en Chicago.
A través de una prosa directa y desprovista de sentimentalismos, Burnett ofrece un retrato psicolÃ3gico fascinante de un hombre consumido por la sed de poder. El Pequeno Cesar no solo es un relato apasionante sobre el crimen organizado, sino también una exploraciÃ3n profunda de la ambiciÃ3n humana y las consecuencias morales de una vida al margen de la ley. Considerada una piedra angular de la literatura de suspense, esta obra influyÃ3 de manera decisiva en el cine negro y en la evoluciÃ3n del arquetipo del antihéroe en la cultura popular.
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