Two Spanish emigrants in search of a new life become part of the mafia during Brazil’s golden years.
Bernardo and Albino, two Spaniards from Galicia, who led such hard lives that the only solution was to leave everything behind and start afresh, arrive in nineteen-fifties’ Brazil almost without meaning to. A suggestive and dangerous setting, two characters overwhelmed by outrageous fortune, a labyrinth of women, powerful mafias and the underworld.
In this, his first novel, Jorge Díaz captivates the reader with his subtle, evocative voices, which tells a moving and melancholy story that takes us into the world of the favelas, passion and gambling.
