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A hard-hitting revenge story that takes the reader on a cool, cruel rollercoaster ride from downtown Rio to the depths of the Amazon jungle. Translated from the Portuguese by Clifford Landers.
Synopsis
Translated from the Portuguese by Clifford Landers From the author of The Killer and Black Waltz - a hard-hitting revenge story that takes the reader on a cool, cruel rollercoaster ride from downtown Rio to the depths of the Amazon jungle.
Book Details
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication Date:
06-Sep-2010
ISBN:
9781408801154
Observer review
Lost World by Patricia Melo
Sophie Missing the observer Sat 29 August 2009
In this sequel to Melo's award-winning novel The Killer, ex-contract killer and "vigilante of São Bernardo" Maiquel is a fugitive out for revenge. It has been 10 years since Maiquel's girlfriend ran off with a preacher, taking his baby daughter with her. He sets off on a relentless cat-and-mouse chase that takes him through Brazil and Bolivia, ending among the cavernous, Wal-Mart-like churches of Belém and Manaus. It is a mark of Melo's skill as a writer that her antihero is so sympathetic; his terse and unflinching narrative so readable. Maiquel's slick-talking PI might advise that revenge is a dish best served cold, but, as Melo deftly illustrates in this compelling novel, sometimes it is best not eaten at all.
