Book excerpt: Original perspective on bandidas in Latin American bandit studies: will inform and generate discussion and debate Analysis of banditry in South America following the Robin Hood model. This subject is enduringly popular, with Hobsbawm’s theories always up for new readings by both academics and the general public A new look at infamous bandit Pancho Villa and the novel The Underdogs. For those who know the novel this will provide a controversial new perspective, for those that do not, an insight into the work, the Mexican Revolution and its bandits such as Villa. The translations will help make this book accessible to both Spanish and non-Spanish speakers.