SOURCE: "On the Inflationary Fringe," in The Times Literary Supplement, No. 4143, August 27, 1982, p. 920.

In the following review, Rankin provides a positive assessment of Chronicles of Bustos Domecq, describing the collection as "conservative satire."

In "The Sartorial Revolution (I)" [in Chronicles of Bustos Domecq] Eduardo S. Bradford, dandy of the Necochea seaside promenade from 1923 to 1931, is revealed as an impoverished fake. His millionaire's hat, horn-rimmed glasses, moustache, collar, necktie, watch chain, white suit with set of imported buttons, gloves, handkerchiefs and boots have been painted on to his body. Even the malacca cane. It is Argentina that parades its banality beneath the Emperor of Europe's cultural clothing in Chronicles of Bustos Domecq, twenty satirical sketches by Borges and his friend and collaborator Bioy Casares.

The two men met through Ocampo's Sur magazine around 1931; they shared the same passion for books. Their early collaborations included a commercial brochure for Bulgarian...