Semblanza y correspondencia

Aunque no es una novela, Los años del miedo se lee como tal. El lector acompañará a un Franco que preside en Madrid el desfile de la victoria con una Gran Cruz Laureada de San Fernando prestada, porque olvidó mandar hacerse una, y descubrirá que para aprobar las oposiciones a maestro nacional la respuesta correcta a «¿Quién descubrió América?» o «¿Quién escribió el Quijote?» es la misma: Francisco Franco.

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