The Partner or The Associate (Spanish: El socio) is a 1928 novel by the Chilean writer and politician Jenaro Prieto.Bizzarro p.609
Adaptations 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)
References
Bibliography Salvatore Bizzarro. Historical Dictionary of Chile. Scarecrow Press, 2005.
External links Full text of at HathiTrust Digital Library