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PIRES (José Cardoso). DINOSSAURO Excelentissimo. Lisboa. 1972. - PIRES (José Cardoso) DINOSSAURO Excelentissimo . Ilustrado por João Abel Manta. Lisboa: Editora Arcádia, 1972. 96 pp., 21 est.: il.; 250 mm. First edition, illustrated in color by João Abel Manta. Dinossauro Excelentíssimo is a satirical fable about the life and regime of Salazar – the ”Kingdom of the Mussel, ” ruled by a cunning and decrepit emperor, with his ”City of Doctors, ” the ”Council of Excellencies, ” and the ”Chamber for Torturing Words.” Dated by the author himself as ”Christmas 1969 and March 1971,” it was actually written in 1970, during the author's stay in London. The work became famous for the bizarre circumstances surrounding its publication: having initially escaped censorship, it was cited on November 28, 1972, in a debate in the National Assembly on freedom of the press, when MP Casal Ribeiro invoked it as proof of the non-existence of censorship in Portugal, in response to an accusation by Miller Guerra – making it impossible from then on for the PIDE (Portuguese secret police) to remove it from bookstores or persecute the author. It was the first of several editions published in a few months. Wanted. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate