The smile of Burt Lancaster is small delicious book collecting eleven short tales by Victor Alexandre. The different tales elaborate on eternal human elements. Ambition, despotism, fate, oppression, pride, deception, revenge are some of the few spicing ingredient of his tales. Victor usually writes about socio-political matters, but this book shows an interesting fiction facet of his writing. His tales are powerful and addictive. Once you read one, the next one is waiting and you need to read it. The first tale, “El fabricant de somnis” (The dream maker) gets your attention setting you up for a nice and sweet ending twist.