São Paulo Noir

"Bellotto has no trouble discovering dark doings...São Paulo's size and diversity give this volume's 14 storytellers room to roam...In the year of #MeToo, Bellotto's Akashic entry has a timely feel, giving noir a host of feminine faces." — Kirkus Reviews Praise for editor Tony Bellotto: "Undoubtedly, if Marlowe and Harry Bosch are Los Angeles, Matt Scudder is New York and Maigret, Paris, the detective Remo Bellini is São Paulo's most complete translation." — O Globo Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct location within the geographic area of the book. On the heels of Rio Noir, beloved Brazilian rock star and best-selling novelist Tony Bellotto ushers another world-class city into the Akashic Noir Series. Brand-new stories by: Tony Bellotto, Olivia Maia, Marcelino Freire,... "Bellotto has no trouble discovering dark doings ... São Paulo's size and diversity give this volume's 14 storytellers room to roam ... In the year of #MeToo, Bellotto's Akashic entry has a timely feel, giving noir a host of feminine faces."--Kirkus ReviewsPraise for editor Tony Bellotto:"Undoubtedly, if Marlowe and Harry Bosch are Los Angeles, Matt Scudder is New York and Maigret, Paris, the detective Remo Bellini is São Paulo's most complete translation."--O GloboAkashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct location within the geographic area of the book. On the heels of Rio Noir, beloved Brazilian rock star and best-selling novelist Tony Bellotto ushers another world-class city into the Akashic Noir Series. Brand-new stories by: Tony Bellotto, Olivia Maia, Marcelino Freire, Beatriz Bracher, Maria S. Carvalhosa, Fernando Bonassi, Marcelo Rubens Paiva, Marçal Aquino, Jô Soares, Mario Prata, Ferréz, Vanessa Barbara, Ilana Casoy, and Drauzio Varella. From the introduction by Tony Bellotto:Encyclopedias will say that São Paulo is the main financial, corporative, and commercial center of South America. The census will show that São Paulo is the most populous city in Brazil, the Americas, the Portuguese-speaking world, and the entire Southern Hemisphere. Scholars will inform us that São Paulo is the most multicultural city in Brazil, having received, since 1870, millions of immigrants from every part of the planet, and that it is the city with the largest populations of people of Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Spanish, and Lebanese/Arab origin outside their respective countries. Experts will assure us that São Paulo has a high crime rate. Sociologists will confirm that the city has an area known as Cracolândia (Crackland) and that among the violent and neglected communities spread along its periphery one bears the ironic name Paraisópolis. Politicians will roar that São Paulo is the engine that drives Brazil ... More than historians and sociologists, writers have always been able to transform cities into great characters. This is the way we decipher devouring sphinxes On the heels of Rio Noir , beloved Brazilian rock star and best-selling novelist Tony Bellotto ushers another world-class city into the Akashic Noir Series. Akashic Books continues its groundbreaking series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir . Each story is set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the city of the book. Featuring brand-new stories by : Tony Bellotto, Olivia Maia, Marcelino Freire, Beatriz Bracher, Maria S. Carvalhosa, Fernando Bonassi, Marcelo Rubens Paiva, Maral Aquino, J Soares, Mario Prata, Ferrz, Vanessa Barbara, Ilana Casoy, and Drauzio Varella. From the introduction by Tony Bellotto: Encyclopedias will say that So Paulo is the main financial, corporative, and commercial center of South America. The census will show that So Paulo is the most populous city in Brazil, the Americas, the Portuguese-speaking world, and the entire Southern Hemisphere. Scholars will inform us that So Paulo is the most multicultural city in Brazil, having received, since 1870, millions of immigrants from every part of the planet, and that it is the city with the largest populations of people of Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Spanish, and Lebanese/Arab origin outside their respective countries. Experts will assure us that So Paulo has a high crime rate. Sociologists will confirm that the city has an area known as Cracolndia (Crackland) and that among the violent and neglected communities spread along its periphery one bears the ironic name Paraispolis. Politicians will roar that So Paulo is the engine that drives Brazil . . . More than historians and sociologists, writers have always been able to transform cities into great characters. This is the way we decipher devouring sphinxes. This Anthology Of Noir Fiction Set In São Paulo, Brazil, “might Be The Strongest Entry Yet In The Long-running And Globe-spanning Akashic Noir Series” (san Francisco Book Review). Once Known As The Land Of Mist, São Paulo Is Now A Dense, Diverse, And Globalized Metropolis. It Is The Most Populous City In The Americas, The Portuguese-speaking World, And The Southern Hemisphere—with Some Of The Worst Traffic On The Planet. From Its Gleaming Skyscrapers To Its Historic Downtown And Its Rough, Drug-infested Outskirts, This Unique Anthology Explores A Truly Unique City With “a Timely Feel, Giving Noir A Host Of Feminine Faces” (kirkus). São Paulo Noir Includes Fourteen Brand-new Stories By Tony Bellotto, Olivia Maia, Marcelino Freire, Beatriz Bracher & Maria S. Carvalhosa, Fernando Bonassi, Marcelo Rubens Paiva, Marçal Aquino, Jô Soares, Mario Prata, Ferréz, Vanessa Barbara, Ilana Casoy, And Drauzio Varella. "On the heels of Rio Noir, beloved Brazilian rock star and best-selling novelist Tony Bellotto ushers another world-class city into the Akashic Noir Series. Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct location within the geographic area of the book."--Publisher's description