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Nemesis

One Man and the Battle for Rio

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Nemesis

By: Misha Glenny
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His name was Antonio, but they would call him Nem. From the infamous favela of Rocinha in Rio, he was a hardworking young father forced to make a decision that would turn his world upside down.

Nemesis is the story of an ordinary man who became the king of the largest slum in Rio, the head of a drug cartel and perhaps Brazil’s most wanted criminal. A man who tried to bring welfare and justice to a playground of gang culture and destitution while everyone around him drew guns and partied. It’s a captivating tale of gold hunters and evangelical pastors, bent police and rich-kid addicts, quixotic politicians and drug lords with maths degrees.

Spanning rainforests and high-security prisons, filthy slums and glittering shopping malls, this is also the story of how change came to Brazil. Of a country’s journey into the global spotlight and the battle for the beautiful but damned city of Rio as it struggles to break free from a tangled web of corruption, violence, drugs and poverty. With Nem at its centre, locked in a fight for his country’s future.

©2015 Misha Glenny (P)2015 Random House AudioBooks Americas Organized Crime Politics & Government Poverty & Homelessness Social Sciences Sociology South America True Crime Violence in Society World
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Thoroughly enjoyed this excellent and well-researched book. Didn’t know anything about Nem, but having lived in Brazil was already familiar with a lot of the intricacies of society. Really insightful and well-balanced book that doesn’t glorify banditos, but does show how easy it is for people to get stuck in a difficult situation. My only criticism (and it’s minor) would be the narrator’s use of London accents when narrating dialogue. Every time I heard it, it jarred with me.

Great journalism and gripping story

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