Herencia africana en América

En breves e irreverentes anécdotas, en las que la acidez y el humor se desbordan sin timidez, México bizarro retrata un país tan surrealista que lo mismo tiene sabor a chiste que a pesadilla. En sus páginas se encuentran episodios como aquel en que una vidente fue contratada por un fiscal para resolver un homicidio, el exótico cortejo fúnebre a la pierna de Santa Anna, la huelga de hambre de un expresidente que dejó al país en la quiebra, la rodilla que Sara García se fracturó a propósito para ser la eterna abuela del cine, la trágica vida de la Mataviejitas y la funesta ocasión...

La historia de enfermos, enfermedades y médicos desde la Conquista hasta 1906. Males de héroes, próceres y de quienes no lo fueron tanto.

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Jorge Garcia Montes was born in New York, United States, on october 19, 1898. His father, Jose Maria Garcia Montes, was exiled during the war of Cuba's independence against the Spaniards. Later, he became the first Secretary of Finance in 1902 with the first President of the Republic of Cuba, Tomas Estrada Palma. He studied at the University of Havana, where he graduated with a Law degree in 1917. An eminent student, he recieved several awards, among them the Lanuza prize. Elected to the House of Representatives from the Province of Santa Clara, Garcia Montes was a member of the Liberal...