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Nikolai Gogol’s *Dead Souls* is a 19th-century Russian picaresque novel centered around Pavel Chichikov’s bizarre scheme to purchase deceased serfs for their legal status rather than their actual worth. The story offers a sharp satire of Russian society and bureaucracy during that era. It's notable...
The Little Golden Calf is Ilf and Petrov's 1931 Soviet satirical picaresque, reviving con man Ostap Bender after The Twelve Chairs.
Thomas Mann’s *Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man* is a German novel published in 1954. It tells the story of Felix Krull, a young con artist operating in Wilhelminian Berlin. The book's significance lies in its exploration of deception and social dynamics through a vibrant picaresque narrat...
The Confidence-Man is Herman Melville's 1857 satirical final novel, set on a Mississippi steamboat bound for New Orleans on April Fool's Day.
Illywhacker is Peter Carey's 1985 Australian novel, a Booker-shortlisted picaresque narrated by liar and confidence man Herbert Badgery.
Kvachi Kvachantiradze is Mikheil Javakhishvili's 1924 Georgian picaresque novel, famed for its swindler hero and later Soviet censorship.
