Picaresque (disambiguation)
- Picaresque (disambiguation)
Picaresque may refer to:
* Picaresque novel, a popular subgenre of prose fiction which is usually satirical and depicts in realistic and often humorous detail the adventures of a roguish hero of low social class who lives by his or her wits in a corrupt society.
* "Picaresque", the 2005 album by American rock band The Decemberists.
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