One Man and the Battle for Rio
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/10/2015
'Breaking Bad? meets 'City of God? in this gripping account of an ordinary man who became Brazil?s most wanted criminalHis name was Antonio, but they would call him Nem. From the infamous favela of Rocinha in Rio, he was a hardworking young father forced to make a decision that would turn his world upside down.Nemesisis the story of an ordinary man who became the king of the largest slum in Rio, the head of a drug cartel and perhaps Brazil?s most wanted criminal. A man who tried to bring welfare and justice to a playground of gang culture and destitution, while everyone around him drew guns and partied. It?s a captivating tale of gold-hunters and evangelical pastors, bent police and rich-kid addicts, quixotic politicians and drug lords with maths degrees. Spanning rainforests and high-security prisons, filthy slums and glittering shopping malls, this is also the story of how change came to Brazil. Of a country?s journey into the global spotlight, and the battle for the beautiful but damned city of Rio, as it struggles to break free from a tangled web of corruption, violence, drugs and poverty. With Nem at its centre, locked in a fight for his country?s future.As read on Radio 4 Book of the Week
- ISBN:
- 9781847922670
- 9781847922670
- Category:
- Politics & government
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 01-10-2015
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Penguin Random House
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Dimensions (mm):
- 233x153x27mm
- Weight:
- 0.49kg
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