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Crimes of August (1990)

av Rubem Fonseca

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Rubem Fonseca's Crimes of August offers the first serious literary treatment of the cataclysmic events of August 1954, arguably the most turbulent month in Brazilian history. A rich novel, both culturally and historically, Crimes of August tells two stories simultaneously. The first is private, involving the well-delineated character of Alberto Mattos, a police officer. The other is public, focusing on events that begin with the attempted assassination of Carlos Lacerda, a demagogic journalist and political enemy of President Getúlio Vargas, and culminate in Vargas's suicide on August 24,1954. Throughout this suspenseful novel, deceptively couched as a thriller, Fonseca interweaves fact and fiction in a complex, provocative plot. At the same time, he re-creates the atmosphere of the 1950s, when Rio de Janeiro was Brazil's capital and the nexus of political intrigue and corruption. Mattos is assigned to solve the brutal murder of a wealthy entrepreneur in the aftermath of what appears to be a homosexual liaison. An educated and introspective man, and one of the few in his precinct not on the take from the bankers" of the illegal lottery, Mattos suffers from alienation and a bleeding ulcer. His investigation puts him on a dangerous collision course with the conspiracy to depose Vargas, the novel's other narrative thread. The two overlap at several points, coming to their tragic end with the aged politician's suicide and Mattos's downfall.… (mer)
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Os turbulentos acontecimentos políticos de agosto de 1954 no Rio de Janeiro, capital da República, são o ponto de partida de um dos maiores sucessos de Rubem Fonseca. Alberto Mattos, comissário de polícia, tenta desvendar o assassinato de um empresário no edifício Deauville, enquanto é planejado o atentado frustrado contra o jornalista Carlos Lacerda, opositor de Getúlio Vargas, no Palácio do Catete. Nos dias que antecederam o suicídio de Vargas, Rubem Fonseca ― em seu quinto romance ― relata e relaciona os dois episódios, mesclando com maestria realidade e ficção.
  bibliotecapresmil | Sep 5, 2022 |
obra que vincula el relato de un crimen con la historia de Brasil, su realidad y conflictos del sistema policial.
  reniacm | Mar 29, 2014 |
Agosto foi o primeiro livro que li do Rubem Fonseca, mesmo antes de saber o que quer que fosse da História do Brasil contemporâneo.
Um livro policial onde se torna muito díficil saber onde começa a ficção e onde termina a realidade.
Nem onde começa a História do Brasil e termina o romance.
Um verdadeiro exercicio de escrita
1) O culpado não deve ser um criminoso profissional
2)O amor tem lugar apesar de ser um romance policial
3) devem-se evitar as situações e soluções banais
mas não é o caso. O presidente Getúlio Vargas suicidou-se mesmo e deixou uma carta testemunho! ( )
  Fokas | Jan 18, 2008 |
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Rubem Fonseca's Crimes of August offers the first serious literary treatment of the cataclysmic events of August 1954, arguably the most turbulent month in Brazilian history. A rich novel, both culturally and historically, Crimes of August tells two stories simultaneously. The first is private, involving the well-delineated character of Alberto Mattos, a police officer. The other is public, focusing on events that begin with the attempted assassination of Carlos Lacerda, a demagogic journalist and political enemy of President Getúlio Vargas, and culminate in Vargas's suicide on August 24,1954. Throughout this suspenseful novel, deceptively couched as a thriller, Fonseca interweaves fact and fiction in a complex, provocative plot. At the same time, he re-creates the atmosphere of the 1950s, when Rio de Janeiro was Brazil's capital and the nexus of political intrigue and corruption. Mattos is assigned to solve the brutal murder of a wealthy entrepreneur in the aftermath of what appears to be a homosexual liaison. An educated and introspective man, and one of the few in his precinct not on the take from the bankers" of the illegal lottery, Mattos suffers from alienation and a bleeding ulcer. His investigation puts him on a dangerous collision course with the conspiracy to depose Vargas, the novel's other narrative thread. The two overlap at several points, coming to their tragic end with the aged politician's suicide and Mattos's downfall.

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