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NEMESIS
ONE MAN AND THE BATTLE FOR RIO |
| By: |
Misha Glenny |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£13.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1847922678 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781847922670 |
| Publisher: |
VINTAGE PUBLISHING |
| Pub. date: |
17 September, 2015 |
| Pages: |
352 |
| Description: |
His 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. |
| Synopsis: |
His name was Antonio, but they would call him Nem. From the infamous favela of Rocinha in Rio, he was a hard working young father forced to make a decision that would turn his world upside down. Nemesis is 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. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
The Bodley Head Ltd |
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Returnable |
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