For eleven-year-old Kingie, there are lessons to be learned from drug trafficking. His first job is as a lookout, working on the hillside slums of Rio de Janerio. But as he grows older he realises that in order to survive you must also keep a close watch on yourself as well. In her powerful new novel, Patricia Melo tells of Kingie's life of crime, of his poverty-ridden childhood, how he pursues his dreams and the way he learns to achieve leadership. In his uncertain world, chaos manifests itself as violence and deprivation, whether machine-gun fire, unwanted adolescent pregnancy, or the fraught relationships between servants and their employers. Kingie's path intersects with a network of stories of love, family, crime and power. The plot twists through a compelling tale where rapid-fire language and a sharp sense of humour combine to make this gripping story.

Inferno

Patrícia Melo

Bloomsbury Paperbacks

The successful and renowned conductor of a major symphony orchestra in Sao Paulo, he is married to a beautiful and talented violinist, close to thirty years his junior. But his happiness is undermined by two fears: that he will never wholly share her life because, unlike her, he is not Jewish; and that she is unfaithful to him. Black Waltz opens a fascinating and harrowing window into a mind bordering on paranoia and psychosis. In it the reader accompanies dark passions that presage the inexorable sundering of a relationship and lead inescapably to its unforgettable climax.

Black Waltz

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Bloomsbury Publishing

<p>Maiquel is an ex-contract killer who`s been a fugitive for ten years - ever since his girlfriend Erica ran off with his daughter, took up with an evangelical pastor and disappeared from his life. When his aunt dies, leaving him a house and a savings account, Maiquel has a fresh chance to find the lost world of his onetime family. Breaking all the rules in the book, including his own, he sets out on a relentless journey to seek revenge</p>

Lost World

Bloomsbury Pb

O Matador.

dtv.

<p>O superficial mundo da fama e a pesada rotina do submundo policial são fios narrativos do novo romance de Patrícia Melo, um dos nomes mais importantes da literatura brasileira e com uma carreira de sucesso também no exterior, com obras traduzidas e premiadas em diversos países. Encenado numa São Paulo contemporânea e degradada, Fogo-fátuo traz à tona a combustão apodrecida dos cadáveres, dos relacionamentos e do caráter humano, numa trama ágil, de imagens fortes e estilo mordaz. Dele emerge a primeira detetive da carreira de Patrícia Melo, a perita Azucena.  É ela quem conduz a investigação da morte do ator Fábio Cassio, em pleno palco, e revela a cortina de intrigas e mentiras que envolve o caso. Ator cuja fama nunca foi proporcional ao reconhecimento da crítica, Fábio vive um relacionamento falido com uma aspirante ao sucesso, Cayanne, e o cão Godzilla, resgatado de um acidente e morto por atropelamento em circunstâncias curiosas. Refém da imprensa, ele sofre com o assédio inclemente dos jornalistas, que questionam a sua fama e acompanham os altos e baixos do seu relacionamento. Seguindo as pistas da morte misteriosa do ator, Azucena descobre podridões que emergem dos personagens e seus meios. Fugaz e misterioso, como a chama que o nomeia, Fogo fátuo prende o leitor enquanto o leva a reflexões sobre a decrepitude dos relacionamentos contemporâneos e as várias faces da violência.</p>

Fogo-Fátuo (Em Portuguese do Brasil)

ROCCO

Gog Magog (Em Portugues do Brasil)

O Matador

Companhia das Letras

Lögnens Lov

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