Books by Patricia Melo and Complete Book Reviews

The Body Snatcher
The Body Snatcher
Patrícia Melo, trans. from the Portuguese by Clifford E. Landers. Bitter Lemon, $14.95 trade paper (220p) ISBN 978-1-908524-53-9
Melo (The Killer) brings a distinctly Brazilian twist to the classic noir formula. Her unnamed narrator, a former telemarketer recently fired from his job in São Paolo, lives in a small town by the Bolivian border. As he’s fishing in a river one day,
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The Killer
The Killer
Patricia Melo, Author, Clifford Landers, Translator Ecco Press $23 (217p) ISBN 978-0-88001-574-5
""The essence of man, the material he's made of, is something black and stinking."" Such is the world according to Maiquel, professional murderer and the protagonist of this taut debut from Brazillian screenwriter Melo. Maiquel starts out as just...
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In Praise of Lies
In Praise of Lies
Patricia Melo, Author, Clifford E. Landers, Translator Bloomsbury Publishing PLC $13.95 (192p) ISBN 978-1-58234-058-6
Melo (The Killer) is a promising literary crime novelist, one of a new crop of Brazilian suspense writers that includes Rubem Fonseca. In her second book, she focuses on the career of Jos Guber, a bottom-rung hack who rips off classic detective...
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