Aventuras do Dr. Bogoloff
By Lima Barreto
Cover: Arcos da Lapa (1925), painting by Eliseu Visconti (1866–1944) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1944)
A Russian who leaves Odessa with the most honest of intentions tells in the first person of his adventures in Brazil, where his gift for impressing officials and the credulous takes him a long way. Lima Barreto's short comic novel of 1912 is a mocking tale of credulity and officialdom.
Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.