had corrected certain injustices, it had given rise to others
equally deplorable. When he saw the self-servers and the un-
principled turning his hopes for the redemption of the under-
privileged of his country into a ladder to serve their own ends,
his disillusionment was deep and often bitter. His later novels
are marred at times by a savage sarcasm.

During his later years, and until his death in 1952, he lived in
Mexico City writing and practicing his profession among the
poor.






The Underdogs


by Mariano Azuela


A Novel of the Mexican Revolution


Translated by E. Munguia, Jr.
Original Title: LOS DE ABAJO