Gargantua, and His Son Pantagruel - A Classic Renaissance Satire of Giants, Learning, Appetite, and Folly

The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel is a connected series of five novels written in the 16th century by François Rabelais. It is the story of two giants, a father, Gargantua, and his son Pantagruel and their adventures, written in an amusing, extravagant, satirical vein.