Miquel's ramble from the Catalan countryside: el pequeño Nicolás

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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

"Little Nicolás" is making the news

It is not the Goscinny/Sempé character but a megalomaniac young Spaniard. More information from El País in English here.

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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

"Little Nicolás" is making the news

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