Quincas BorbaHailed in his lifetime as one of Latin America's greatest writers, Machado de Assis (18391908) was a storyteller known for his wholly innovative narrative techniques and uncanny talent for unraveling the social and political milieu of nineteenth century Brazil. These signature traits are on full display in Quincas Borba, a novel that sees Machado satirise a rapidly changing Rio de Janeiro. Originally published in 1891, the story begins with the death