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Synopsis
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.
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About the Author
Luis Fernando Verissimo is a satirist, cartoonist, translator, television writer, saxophonist, playwright and novelist. With over sixty published titles, he is one of the most popular of contemporary Brazilian writers. Margaret Jull Costa is the award-winning translator of Jose Saramago, Javier Marias, Bernardo Atxaga, Eca de Queiroz and Fernando Pessoa.
Review
'At barely 200 pages, and with a note-perfect translation from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa, The Spies shares with a cryptic crossword the virtue of succinctness, not a word or scene wasted' Hannah Rosefield, Observer. * Observer * 'An unsual elegance and lightness of touch, as well as a lingering underlying melancholy. It's nicely written too - the translation is as smooth as silk' Andrew Taylor, Spectator. * Spectator *
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- PublisherQuercus Publishing
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 0857051121
- ISBN 13 9780857051127
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages208
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