Author: | Luís Fernando Veríssimo | ISBN: | 9780857384379 |
Publisher: | Quercus Publishing | Publication: | October 25, 2012 |
Imprint: | MacLehose Press | Language: | English |
Author: | Luís Fernando Veríssimo |
ISBN: | 9780857384379 |
Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
Publication: | October 25, 2012 |
Imprint: | MacLehose Press |
Language: | English |
A frustrated publisher receives a mysterious angst-ridden manuscript: 'a friend' must send it in installments; its contents would put the author in danger.
As he pieces together the story, he learns that the author is the wife of one of the two Martelli brothers - gangsters who dominate a small town in the Brazilian interior. Surely her dark outpourings are a cry for help?
One by one, he dispatches his motley collection of friends to Frondosa - a town totally obsessed with five-a-side football - to investigate and to bring her to safety.
A frustrated publisher receives a mysterious angst-ridden manuscript: 'a friend' must send it in installments; its contents would put the author in danger.
As he pieces together the story, he learns that the author is the wife of one of the two Martelli brothers - gangsters who dominate a small town in the Brazilian interior. Surely her dark outpourings are a cry for help?
One by one, he dispatches his motley collection of friends to Frondosa - a town totally obsessed with five-a-side football - to investigate and to bring her to safety.