"The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes and of His Fortunes and Adversities" is a Spanish novella, published anonymously because of its strongly anticlerical content. Lázarillo is a boy of humble origins from Salamanca. After his stepfather is accused of thievery, his mother asks a wily blind beggar to take on Lazarillo as his apprentice. Lázarillo develops his cunning while serving the blind beggar and several other masters, while also learning to take on his father's practice. It is most famous as the book establishing the style of the picaresque satirical novel.