“The poet in Le Cagot had confected for himself the role of the miles gloriosus, the Falstaffian clown – but with a unique difference: his braggadocio was founded on a record of reckless, laughing courage in numberless guerrilla actions against the fascist who oppressed his people in Spain.”

“The poet in Le Cagot had confected for himself the role of the miles gloriosus, the Falstaffian clown – but with a unique difference: his braggadocio was founded on a record of reckless, laughing courage in numberless guerrilla actions against the fascist who oppressed his people in Spain.”

— Trevanian