By the end of this picaresque tale, one wonders: what other kind of heavenly community could there be?

Part comedy, part caper film, this picaresque tale gently satirizes the sillier side of the swinging 60's.

It was Smollett's third novel and met with less success than his two previous more picaresque tales.

The song tells a picaresque tale of an unfortunate rogue facing jail time or a fine for "getting in a little trouble at the county seat".

It is a soft-spoken, picaresque tale of a musician's journey through the be-bop era's jazz clubs, drugs and jail.

He found the picaresque tale thoroughly engaging, providing fascinating insights not only into young human males, but into twentieth-century American civilization.

It contains the picaresque tales of a Yoruba hunter encountering folklore elements, such as magic, monsters, spirits, and gods.

Like any picaresque tale, like "Don Quixote," this book is full of stories and talkers.

The lieutenant nun's memoir is also more violent than most picaresque tales.

The picaresque tale revolves around a lovable trickster, seeking affection through helpfulness, whose journey ends when he finds his true calling on the stage.