Winner of the 1979 Casa de las Americas Prize, the Argentine novel "De dioses, hombrecitos y policias "was initially banned in that country, having been edited and released in spite of the hostile political climate of the 1976 military coup. The novel, which can be read as an allegory about oppression in Argentina, is representative of those tense and violent years. Amazingly, however, this story of adversity is told with ample parody, humor, and irony."