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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Nemesis: One Man and the Battle for Rio's Biggest Slum

Nemesis: One Man and the Battle for Rio's Biggest Slum

Glenny, Misha

Paperback

Biographies GeneralGeneral Political ScienceTrue Crime

ISBN10: 0345806832
ISBN13: 9780345806833
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: Feb 21 2017
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.20 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
Antônio Francisco Bonfim Lopes was a hardworking young father before he became the king of Rocinha, the largest slum in Rio; the head of a drug cartel; and perhaps Brazil's most wanted criminal, known as Nem.

Nemesis is the riveting account of Nem's ruthless ascent, his sway over its anarchic outlaw culture, and ultimately--his downfall. Struggling to come up with funds to pay for the hospital bills necessary to save a sick baby's life, a twenty-four-year-old Nem is forced to take a loan from a local mafioso, a decision that plunges him into the heart of Rio's criminal underworld. Over the next sixteen years, as he grows in stature, Nem will try to bring welfare and justice to a playground of gang culture and destitution.

Drawn from years of in-person interviews and told with humanity and warmth--Nemesis is an unflinching, dramatic investigation into the rise of a crime lord in Rio and the menacing conditions of life inside the favela.

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