Nemesis: One Man and the Battle for Rio

Nemesis: One Man and the Battle for Rio
ISBN-10
0099584654
ISBN-13
9780099584650
Series
Nemesis
Category
Brazil
Pages
356
Language
English
Published
2016-07-07
Publisher
Random House
Author
Misha Glenny

Description

'Breaking Bad meets City of God' Roberto Saviano, author of Gomorrah HUSBAND. This is the story of an ordinary man who became the king of the largest slum in Rio, the head of a drug cartel and Brazil's most notorious criminal. FATHER. 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. DRUG LORD. It's a story of gold-hunters and evangelical pastors, bent police and rich-kid addicts, politicians and drug lords and the battle for the beautiful but damned city of Rio. MOST WANTED CRIMINAL.

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