El Buscón
Original 1626 title page of El Buscón. | |
| Author | Francisco de Quevedo |
|---|---|
| Original title | Historia de la vida del Buscón, llamado Don Pablos, ejemplo de vagamundos y espejo de tacaños |
| Language | Spanish |
| Genre | Picaresque, Satire |
| Publisher | Pedro Verges |
Publication date | 1626 |
| Publication place | Spain |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
El Buscón (full title Historia de la vida del Buscón, llamado Don Pablos, ejemplo de vagamundos y espejo de tacaños (literally: History of the life of the Swindler, called Don Pablos, model for hobos and mirror of misers); translated as Paul the Sharper or The Scavenger and The Swindler) is a picaresque novel by Francisco de Quevedo. It was written around 1604 (the exact date of completion is not known) and published in 1626 by a press in Zaragoza (without Quevedo's permission), though it had circulated in manuscript form previous to that.