This novel opened all possible doors for the writer. Inventario de la sociedad mexicana, is also a kind of avant-garde version of the Human Comedy, in which, through a curious map of lineages, intertwined worlds and underworlds are represented. Mexico City emerges in its modern complexity, and writing provides us with a cartography of the social network that this world weaves. In this polyphonic and variegated text, the author demonstrates that the search for identity is not at odds with the most severe criticism. The techniques employed changed the course of Mexican narrative. That is why it is often mentioned as the first work of the boom.
