Shadow of the Strongman

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.

Un roman aprins al epocii revolutionare mexicane de dupa 1910, care a provocat insusi institutia politica mexicana, Umbra omului puternic (La Sombra del Caudillo) a lui Guzmán se afla langa The Underdogs (Los de abajo) de Azuela, in panteonul fictiunii mexicane. Demascand anii de intriga politica si asasinat care au urmat Revolutiei, romanul a fost adaptat in filmul din 1960 La Sombra del Caudillo, care a fost interzis in Mexic timp de treizeci de ani.