Michael Wex discusses Haniel Long’s ‘The Marvellous Adventure of Cabeza de Vaca’

The Marvellous Adventure of Cabeza de Vaca by Haniel Long

The Afterword is the books blog for Canadian newspaper The National Post. Recently Wex was asked (as were several other Canadian authors) to answer this question: If you could add one book to the high school curriculum – a book which students couldn't graduate with until it was read – what would it be, and why?

Wex's choice was The Marvellous Adventure of Cabeza de Vaca by Haniel Long, which he describes as "It’s one of those very rare books that leaves you smarter when you finish it than you were when you started." To read the article in its entirety go to this page of the Afterword. If you're intrigued enough to want your own copy of the book, click on the image to the left.