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Death in Brazil, A

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 It starts explosively. An armed homosexual burglar bursts into the apartment and the author has only his wits with which to defend himself. But after that the stories of Brazil's past and present weave together easily, languidly -- the country's...
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Naked Tropics

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 Sixteen essays by an eminent scholar, Kenneth Maxwell, cover chocolate, pirates, the Amazon and Thomas Jefferson, and in the process draw a nuanced portrait of Brazil. It’s a work of history first and foremost, with essays on forgotten episodes and...
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