El cocodrilo azul y otras novelas cortas

In *The Blue Crocodile* (a farcical tale), a fake explorer embarks on a aimless journey in search of a practically extinct species of lizard. We accompany him through his tribulations, crews, and shipwrecks. No less misfortune befalls the protagonist of *The Great Joke*, an unfortunate soul who wanders between remote schools, cloistered convents, and carnival booths in search of love. And Don Homobono Zarandillo, a character in *The Livers* (a surgical-fantasy tale), finds himself embroiled in a similar quest, traveling the world not in search of love, but rather an organ that produces effective secretions. From the happy and prosperous state of Panfilonia to the remote island of Western Asaurandia, by way of Orejuela de los Molinos, Zúñiga creates a whole array of calamitous characters: capricious princesses and totalitarian monarchs, pastry-baking nuns and circus dancers, cannibalistic natives and offal vendors. An unprecedented party by the great master of Spanish humor.