Nemesis: one man and the battle for rio's biggest slum

R$ 140,90

Sinopse

Antônio Francisco Bonfim Lopes was a hardworking young father before he became the king of Rocinha, the largest slum in Rio; the head of a drug cartel; and perhaps Brazil’s most wanted criminal, known as “Nem.” Nemesis is the riveting account of Nem’s ruthless ascent, his sway over its anarchic outlaw culture, and ultimately—his downfall. Struggling to come up with funds to pay for the hospital bills necessary to save a sick baby’s life, a twenty-four-year-old Nem is forced to take a loan from a local mafioso, a decision that plunges him into the heart of Rio’s criminal underworld. Over the next sixteen years, as he grows in stature, Nem will try to bring welfare and justice to a playground of gang culture and destitution. Drawn from years of in-person interviews and told with humanity and warmth—Nemesis is an unflinching, dramatic investigation into the rise of a crime lord in Rio and the menacing conditions of life inside the favela.

Participantes

Autor: Misha Glenny

Autor

MISHA GLENNY

Misha Glenny (1958, Londres, Inglaterra) é jornalista especializado em Europa Central e Oriental. A cobertura que fez da queda do comunismo deu origem a The Rebirth of History: Eastern Europe in The Age of Democracy (1990), seu primeiro livro. Correspondente da BBC na Europa Central, acompanhou de perto a crise da Iugoslávia, experiência que serviu de base para The Fall of Yugoslavia: The Third Balkan War. O livro, publicado em 1992, é considerado a mais abrangente obra já escrita sobre a região. O esforço de apuração, aliado à capacidade analítica, tornou os livros de Glenny referência constante para o estudo das relações internacionais. McMáfia (2008), é uma extensa investigação sobre o crime organizado internacional, e, em Mercado Sombrio, cobriu o poder das máfias globais e o submundo dos cibercrimes.