Rocinante era antes y primero de todos los rocines del mundo"—"a name, to his thinking, lofty, sonorous, and significant of his condition as a hack before he became what he now was, the first and foremost of all the hacks in the world". In chapter 1, Cervantes describes Don Quixote's careful naming of his steed: Four days were spent in thinking what name to give him, because (as he said to himself) it was not right that a horse belonging to a knight so famous, and one with such merits of his own, should be without some distinctive name, and he
The Horse with My Name "I would rather read Bateman than many acclaimed works of serious literature". Mac Anna further goes on to state that "Bateman's great strength is that he satirises everything" and calling the novel "terrific entertainment and stylishly funny". Author John Gaynard stated that he was "a little disconcerted by the "stand up comedy" aspect" of the novel, yet he "persevered" and "came across some genuine moments of comedy". He opined that Bateman "is the sort of writer you either love or hate" and awarded the novel four stars, out of five. The Horse with My Name The Horse With My Name