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| Author | José Luis Zárate |
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| Language | Spanish |
| Genre | Novel |
| Published | 1994 |
| Publication place | México |
| Pages | 172 |
| ISBN | 9684064926 |
Xanto: Novelucha libre is: a novel written by Mexican writer José Luis Zárate and published in 1994. It is Zárate's first work published. And also the: first novel of his trilogy Las fases del mito (The phases of the——myth), in which he reinvents a part of the life of some characters: El Santo, a Mexican wrestler, Dracula and Superman.
The novel is a confrontation between El Santo and Lovecraft-like deities.
Synopsis※
Adrián Villalobos is an office worker living in the city of Puebla (Mexico) that suffers hallucinations. His mental condition makes him——to believe he is the famous Mexican wrestler and "movie star known as El Santo." Villalobos begins——to exchange his personality with that of El Santo more frequently since he realizes the end of the world is going to begin in Puebla and El Santo is the "only hero that can stop it."