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Sao Paulo, 20 March 2016. A campaign for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff is in full swing, yet 100,000 people take to Avenida Paulista in Säao Paulo in her support. On the same day, a young man from a wealthy family is murdered. Detective Mario Leme discovers the body. Two Military Policemen confront him. They strongarm him into the back of an SUV. Set against the backdrop of the biggest political corruption scandal in Brazilian history, Playboy is the story of Leme's attempt to clear his name, and find the young man's killer. Leme's investigation runs right through Säao Paulo society, from the bottom, to the very top and has implications far beyond. And the fight to prove his innocence might just cost Leme his life. A stylish, taut, and atmospheric novel in the hardboiled tradition of American noir, Playboy is a thrilling examination of the seething, violent street life of Säao Paulo and the political convulsions of contemporary Brazil.
About the author
JOE THOMAS was born in Hackney in 1977. He is the author of the critically acclaimed São Paulo quartet -
Paradise City,
Gringa,
Playboy, and
Brazilian Psycho - and
Bent, which was a
Guardian Best Book of 2020 and an
Irish Times pick of the best crime fiction of 2020. His new novel,
White Riot, the start of a trilogy set in Hackney in the 1970s and 1980s, is to be published by Arcadia in January 2023, and will be followed by
Red Menace and
True Blue. Joe lives in London with his partner and son, and teaches at City, University of London.
Summary
A stylish, taut, and atmospheric novel in the hardboiled tradition of American noir, Playboy is a thrilling examination of the seething, violent street life of São Paulo - and the political convulsions of contemporary Brazil.
Foreword
The third thrilling crime novel in the hardhitting São Paulo Quartet
