by Ramón J. Sender · Salvat. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788434580329
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«El bandido adolescente» is the novel by Ramón J. Sender about Billy the Kid, published by Salvat in paperback (184 pages, in Spanish).
The work focuses on the legendary figure of the Old West known as Billy the Kid. Sender fictionalizes his drift from childhood into delinquency and portrays a contradictory personality: loyal to the friends he makes in his exploits, ruthless with his enemies, protective of the weak, and driven by an elemental code of justice.
It belongs to the Biblioteca Básica Salvat collection, number 29. The edition includes a prologue by Rafael Vázquez Zamora.
It will appeal to readers of Spanish fiction and to those who want to discover a literary version of Billy the Kid.
Ramón José Sender Garcés was a Spanish novelist, essayist and journalist. Several of his works were translated into English by the distinguished zoologist, Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell, including Seven Red Sundays , Mr Witt Among the Rebels and The War in Spain (Contraataque). He published articles in the Valencia-based Orto magazine between 1932 and 1934. During the Spanish Civil War Sender was among the contributors of El Mono Azul, a Republican literary magazine.
