A masterpiece. This second volume has parts three and four. I have to admit to a certain impatience when I first started reading part three because it followed the same format of episodic adventures but was written in a much more realistic style and wasn't that funny. But the quality of the storytelling won me over and I realised that Le Sage wasn't just repeating the performance of the first two parts but attempting something different. Part three is about total corruption and Gil Blas, now operating at the highest levels of government, is it's victim just as much as the poor citizens of Spain. Part four is different again, being about family and second chances. Really a brilliant performance all round. ( )