Think Bladerunner in the tropics...
Be seduced, amazed, and shocked by one of the world s greatest and strangest nations. Past, present, and future Brazil, with all its color, passion, and shifting realities, come together in a novel that is part SF, part history, part mystery, and entirely enthralling.
Three separate stories follow three main characters:
Edson is a self-made talent impresario one step up from the slums in a near future Sao Paulo of astonishing riches and poverty. A chance encounter draws Edson into the dangerous world of illegal quantum computing, but where can you run in a total surveillance society where every move, face, and centavo is constantly tracked?
Marcelina is an ambitious Rio TV producer looking for that big reality TV hit to make her name. When her hot idea leads her on the track of a disgraced World Cup soccer goalkeeper, she becomes enmeshed in an ancient conspiracy that threatens not just her life, but her very soul."
- ISBN10 2070441644
- ISBN13 9782070441648
- Publish Date 1 September 2011 (first published 1 May 2007)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 21 August 2021
- Imprint Gallimard Education
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Language French