Son of Gargantua, Pantagruel—who, as a baby, smashes his cradle to pieces, strangles a bear, and devours his nurse’s knuckle—ushers in the French Renaissance. He is a kindly giant who spreads terror and whose exploits outshine those of Hercules. Yet Rabelais prefers Panurge even more: the jack-of-all-trades, an unscrupulous eternal student who knows sixty-three ways of getting money, all of them fairly dishonest. And off these two monsters set, embarking on fabulous journeys.
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