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The Good Conscience is Carlos Fuentes's second novel. The scene is Guanajuato, a provincial capital in Central Mexico, once one of the world's richest mining centers. The Ceballos family has been reinstated to power, and adolescent Jaime Ceballos, its only heir, is torn between the... read more

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First Sentence

THEY BELONGED, in the words of Uncle Jorge Balcarcel, to a Guanajuato family of more than slight accomplishments and decidedly worthy lineage.

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  1. Carlos Fuentes (Author)
 

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