La vida inútil de Pito Pérez is a novel by Mexican author José Rubén Romero following the picaresque genre. This work was first published in 1938.

The protagonist Jesús "Pito Pérez" travels the world then returns to his hometown Santa Clara del Cobre

Santa Clara del Cobre

Santa Clara del Cobre is a town and municipality located in the center of the state of Michoacán, Mexico, 18 km from Pátzcuaro and 79 km from the state capital of Morelia...

and recounts his adventures.

A film by the same name was made in 1943 by filmmaker Miguel Contreras Torres.