The Beggars' Operetta

Francisco Moita Flores has a vast literary and fictional body of work for theatre, television, and cinema. After two historical novels - A Fúria das Vinhas and Mataram o Sidónio! - he now presents a highly topical political farce, where humour and irony guide the reader through the dizzying journey of a group of old friends who come together and create a political party to run in the elections. The action takes place after Portugal has declared bankruptcy and its rulers and opponents are in a permanent state of delirium. It is in this singular scenario that PUN emerges, a young party that approaches the elections from the most absurd and unexpected side, complicating calculations and polls. A Opereta dos Vadios presents truly hilarious narrative sequences and confirms Francisco Moita Flores as one of the reference literary voices in the national scene.