La ciudad de Babel

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Luis Candelas, el bandido castizo de Madrid -nacido en el barrio de Lavapiés-, es parte de la historia de nuestra ciudad. Y es el único bandido urbano. Su ingenio y habilidad mental para llevar a cabo los robos le crearon una aureola de leyenda que hizo que se le atribuyeran más delitos de los cometidos realmente. Luis Candelas gozaba de simpatía y popularidad entre el pueblo de Madrid. Anteponía su ingenio a la violencia, presumía de que jamás hubiera cometido un delito de sangre y , disfrazado la mayoría de las veces, cometió una serie de robos que le dieron tanta fama pero... su...

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