This paper is a critical study about Crónica de músicos y diablos (1991), one of Gregorio Martinez’s most remarkable novels, characterized by its historical inspiration and its popular trend. First at all the purpose of this research is to identify characteristics that associate the novel with the literary carnival and with the transgressions which are typical of Menippean satire. From this perspective, we propose that in terms of novel structure, the story evidences an appropriation of the narrative forms that construct the hegemonic discourse from the historical point of view (the epic novel, the historiographic chronicle, the travel chronicle, and the journalistic chronicle). We will explain that Martínez’s novel pretends to subvert this...