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Nemesis

By Misha Glenny

Nemesis

By Misha Glenny

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'Breaking Bad' meets 'City of God' in this gripping account of an ordinary man who became Brazil's most wanted criminal 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. 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. As read on Radio 4 Book of the Week
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
338
Release Date:
2015-09-17
Publication Date:
2015-09-30
Publisher:
Random House UK Ltd
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1847922678
ISBN13:
9781847922670
Weight:
488 g
Height:
154 cm
Width:
233 cm
Thickness:
30 cm
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