An exquisite collection of fables is an invitation to a banquet of Bierce's satirical misanthropy. Springing from his relentless pen: hares, tortoises, foxes, grapes, insufferable poets, greedy politicians, thieving doctors, sinful saints, corrupt judges, men and women of dubious humanity—all fall prey to the sarcasm of one of the most lucid authors of the 20th century. Selected and translated by Marcial Souto, 99 fantastic fables by Ambrose Bierce have been illustrated by Carlos Nine, his finest interpreter.