Collected Fictions
Who is The Man in Mourning Weeds- The Mountebank from Collected Fictions and what is their importance?

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The man in mourning weeds is impersonating the Argentine President, General Juan Peron, who was ousted in a coup in the mid-1950s. Before that, General Peron's wife, Eva Duarte Peron, died of cancer. She was a favorite of the working class.
The Mountebank