Ai! Pedrito

Rating:
Summary: Ai, por favor, nada mas de este Pedrito!
Review: This is another example of a failed attempt to modernize an otherwise grossly ignorant story. K. Anderson's attempt to revive this story only served to make it even more stupid. Here we are in the late '90s, and we have this old admiral listening to Lawrence Welk on the radio? I don't think so!

The opening paragraphs of the story seemed to have been written by an eight year old: the sentences were clumsy and filled with overblown redundancies. Next, the plot was ridiculous, and the portrayal of just about every spanish person in this novel bordered on loony toon comic book pap, bristling with ignorant racist observations and cliche stereotypes.

I really rate this book a big fat zero. If anything, it's a perfect example of vigorous ( in the way that a washing machine is vigorous) art attempting to pass off tripe to the public.