The Partner

Third edition cover from 1933
Author	Jenaro Prieto
Original title	El socio
Language	Spanish
Publication date	1928
Publication place	Chile
Media type	Print

The Partner or The Associate (Spanish:El socio) is a 1928 novel by the Chilean writer and politician Jenaro Prieto.^[1]

The story, about a financially struggling man who invents a fictitious business partner named Davis to try to boost his fortunes, has been adapted into films on a number of occasions including:

• The Silent Partner (1939)
• The Mysterious Mr. Davis (1939)
• The Associate (1946)
• I Will Consult Mister Brown (1946)
• The Associate (1979)
• The Associate (1996)
• Simone (2002)

• Salvatore Bizzarro. Historical Dictionary of Chile. Scarecrow Press, 2005.

• Full text of El socio (in Spanish) at HathiTrust Digital Library

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