Nemesis - One Man and the Battle for Rio

Breaking Bad meets City of God' Roberto Saviano, author of GomorrahHUSBAND. 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.

Product details

• Authors: Misha Glenny, Glenny Misha
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.07.2016
• EAN: 9780099584650
• ISBN: 978-0-09-958465-0
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 23 mm
• Series: VINTAGE BOOKS
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; True Crime, Brazil, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Criminals & Outlaws, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, TRUE CRIME / Organized Crime, HISTORY / Latin America / South America, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Poverty & unemployment, Political corruption, Drugs trade / drug trafficking, Violence in society, Urban communities, Violence and abuse in society, Corruption in politics, government and society, Poverty and precarity