The Comps Reading Project part 8

I've completed all but 3 novels on the Irish half of my historical list, and am now trying to similarly work down the Latin-American half.  Sweet heavens, I might actually be making progress on this impossible list!  This week: two Jungle novels and the biggest Dictator novel of all.

Los pasos perdidos [The Lost Steps], Alejo Carpentier.
My very first post on this silly blog over 5 years ago entailed a discussion of how certain books need to hit you at just the right age; you need to...