# Gamacho — Nostromo character guide

> Gamacho in Nostromo by Joseph Conrad.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** señor Gamacho, the enormous Gamacho, the deputy Gamacho

**First appearance:** 0003-nostromo

## Snapshot

A sweating, yellow-fanged ex-pedlar turned Commandante of the National Guards, Gamacho bellows for the crowd and grins at the thought of vengeance.

## Who they are

Gamacho rose from peddling in the campo to become a loud, corrupt deputy in Sulaco's assembly, his bulk and hairy wet face a fixture at Pedro Montero's rallies. He grins with stupid hilarity while the guerrillero speaks, a man whose loyalty is bought and whose appetites are simple: power, spectacle, and the chance to lay hands on Decoud. He matters because he embodies the mob politics and casual brutality that threaten whatever fragile order Sulaco still possesses.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nostromo_se/chapters/i)

Described as a demagogue and deputy from Javira, a former petty pedlar and possibly a murderer, who now harangues the mob against the oligarchs.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/nostromo_se/chapters/v)

Commands the National Guard, delivers a fiery oration against foreign powers, later found drunk and asleep.

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