41. Over the centuries, the picaresque has gone in and out of literary style in various countries. 42. Its story is more picaresque , its images, like the peach itself, more childlike and poetic. 43. "Go " is basically a picaresque plot machine that sends its characters spinning through misadventures. 44. It's a pothead picaresque , a contemporary screwball comedy-drama with a mellow emotional tang. 45. If anybody has earned the right to a lighthearted picaresque about clinical depression, it's him. 46. Critics praised the work, calling it a powerful blend of satire and tragedy in the picaresque tradition. 47. Voltaire's French novel " Candide " ( 1759 ) contains elements of the picaresque . 48. George MacDonald Fraser's novels about Harry Flashman ( 1969 ) combine the picaresque with historical fiction. 49. This novel has many similarities to other picaresque novels such as " Lazarillo de Tormes ". 50. Regardless, Washington and Andy set off on their quest and have duller-than-normal picaresque adventures.
