A frustrated publisher receives a mysterious angst-ridden manuscript: 'a friend' must send it in installments; its contents would put the author in danger. As he pieces together the story, he learns that the author is the wife of one of the two Martelli brothers - gangsters who dominate a small town in the Brazilian interior. Surely her dark outpourings are a cry for help? One by one, he dispatches his motley collection of friends to Frondosa - a town totally obsessed with five-a-side football - to investigate and to bring her to safety.
- ISBN10 133609799X
- ISBN13 9781336097995
- Publish Date 1 January 2014 (first published 25 October 2012)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 19 May 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Quercus Books
- Format eBook
- Language English