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Peter Robb's most recent book combines travel, history, culture and his own memories over twenty years to create a portrait of Brazil-one of the strangest and most beautiful countries in the world. Robb describes the careers of two remarkably different men: Lula da Silva, who in 2002 became Brazil's first working-class president; and his predecessor, Fernando Collor, a wealthy law graduate who robbed Brazil of over a billion dollars.A Death in Brazil is a true story of greed, jealousy and sexual drama that mirrors the Brazilian soap operas watched by one hundred million people every night.'As in his earlier volume, Midnight in Sicily, Robb weaves together the various strands of the story with such intimate energy that reading "A Death in Brazil" is like finding yourself in someone else's dream or, perhaps, nightmare'- SUNDAY TIMES'A remarkable, unusual and deeply personal account of a country of passionate extremes, of privilege and deprivation, of sensual beauty and dire injustice. Robb brings the country thrillingly alive with a vision that is individual, robust and unforgettable.'-THE INDEPENDENT
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- Publication date2003
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Book Description Hardback. Peter Robb's most recent book combines travel, history, culture and his own memories over twenty years to create a portrait of Brazil–one of the strangest and most beautiful countries in the world. Robb describes the careers of two remarkably different men: Lula da Silva, who in 2002 became Brazil's first working-class president; and his predecessor, Fernando Collor, a wealthy law graduate who robbed Brazil of over a billion dollars.A Death in Brazil is a true story of greed, jealousy and sexual drama that mirrors the Brazilian soap operas watched by one hundred million people every night.'As in his earlier volume, Midnight in Sicily, Robb weaves together the various strands of the story with such intimate energy that reading "A Death in Brazil" is like finding yourself in someone else¹s dream or, perhaps, nightmare'- SUNDAY TIMES'A remarkable, unusual and deeply personal account of a country of passionate extremes, of privilege and deprivation, of sensual beauty and dire injustice. Robb brings the country thrillingly alive with a vision that is individual, robust and unforgettable.'–THE INDEPENDENT 2003, First edition. A very good copy with rubbing to the board edges and light age tanning to the text block. The d/w is also very good. Seller Inventory # 9786274
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Book Description hardcover, 6½" x 9½", with dust jacket 372 pages Peter Robb writes about Brazil's centuries of slavery and the vibrant but disturbed society that slavery left behind. Even today, Brazil is a nation of almost unimaginable distance between its rich and its poor, a place of extraordinary levels of crime and violence. He tells of Lula da Silva (Brazil's first working class president), his predecessor (Fernando Color), and cohorts (and murder, ambition, greed and a billion missing dollars!). Book has map endpapers. Cover, jacket has repaired 5" crease. AS NEW book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 37174
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 372 pp. Owner's name on front endpaper. Peter Robb has been visiting South America for prolonged periods for several decades. This is the story of those encounters, a richly textured combination of food, corruption, art, history and character. Robb writes about slavery and the richly multicultural but disturbed and violent society it left in its wake. This is the story of one of the most beautiful and seductive places on earth, told around an account of the rise of President Lula and the death of one of his opponents, an amazingly corrupt bagman known as 'PC'. Seller Inventory # 4198
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Map inside front and back cover. DW: minor shelf wear. Combining travel, history, culture and author's memories of 20 years of Brazilian life. Seller Inventory # 002940
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Book Description Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First. 372 pp. Endpaper maps. History, travel in Brazil. Just a little wear to base of spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 001380
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardback, with dust wrapper. Light wear around edges of boards. Head and tail of spine bumped, corners rounded. Small amount of discolouration of page edges, this halos most pages. Light discoloration of free endpapers. Binding neat and tidy. The odd spot, here and there. Otherwise this book is in good condition. Dustwrapper is moderately rubbed at the edges. Head and tail of spine showing some rubbing. The odd small tear and crease along all edges. Edges showing light rubbing. Dust wrapper is in good condition. *We always describe the faults of our books meticulously but they usually present better than they sound. Seller Inventory # TRA693
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