Nemesis

One Man and the Battle for Rio

De: Misha Glenny

Narrado por: Misha Glenny

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.

Reseñas de la Crítica

Breaking Bad meets City of God (Roberto Saviano)

fascinating dive into Brazil’s terrifying underworld, where the stakes are all or nothing...Nemesis reads like a fast-paced thriller (James Hider)

A fast-paced crime story that paints a vivid picture of life in the sprawling favelas (Joe Leahy)

A thrillingly vivid picture of another Rio… [Nemesis] confirms Glenny’s status as one of the most daring and original true-crime writers of today... A rich and riveting book (Francis Wheen)

Glenny doesn’t just write books; he lives them (John Kampfner)

gripping narrative of cocaine and slaughter (Andreas Campomar)

A magnificent work of reportage by turns raw and courageous (Ian Thomson)

A dynastic 50-year Shakespearean sweep of organised crime that manages to be both intimate and alarming (John Kampfner)

Misha Glenny, an award-wining investigative journalist and expert on organised crime, has turned his attention to the drugs, violence and poverty that thrive in Rocinha, Rio’s most infamous favela (Andreas Campomar)

Glenny’s book is fast paced and journalistic. (Bryan McCann)

Great journalism and gripping story

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.