{"product_id":"gringa-9781529426601","title":"Gringa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eGringa is a novel that follows the story of Mario Leme, a detective in the civil police, and Ellie, a young English investigative journalist, as they investigate the disappearance of a young man in central São Paulo. The novel is set against the backdrop of the redevelopment of the city in the run-up to the 2014 World Cup and explores the harshness, dysfunction, corruption, and social divisions of São Paulo. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 288 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 18 August 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Quercus Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs vibrant, colorful, and complex as South America's largest city, São Paulo, 2013: a city at an extraordinary moment in its history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMario Leme, a detective in the civil police, has developed a friendship with a young English investigative journalist, Ellie. When she goes to meet a contact in central São Paulo, Mario observes from the street as she walks into a building and doesn't come out. Inside, he discovers the dead body of a young man he doesn't recognize, and Ellie's phone lying on the floor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold partly from Leme's point of view, partly from Ellie's, Gringa takes us through five days during the redevelopment of the center of Sao Paulo in the run-up to the 2014 World Cup. Ellie's disappearance links characters at every level of the social hierarchy, from the drug dealers and civil and military police to the political class she witnesses the feral brutality of urban breakdown.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGringa, with shades of Don Winslow and James Ellroy, is a portrait of São Paulo in all its harshness and dysfunction, its corruption and social divisions, its kaleidoscopic dynamism, its undercurrent of derangement, and its febrile, sensual instability, executed with a deep knowledge of the city's architecture and culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePRAISE FOR JOE THOMAS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrilliant\u003cbr\u003eThe Times\u003cbr\u003eFeverish energy\u003cbr\u003eGuardian\u003cbr\u003eWonderfully vivid\u003cbr\u003eMail on Sunday\u003cbr\u003eSophisticated, dizzying\u003cbr\u003eGQ\u003cbr\u003eVivid and visceral\u003cbr\u003eThe Times\u003cbr\u003eSuperbly realized vivid and atmospheric\u003cbr\u003eGuardian\u003cbr\u003eOriginal\u003cbr\u003eMail on Sunday\u003cbr\u003eA stylish, atmospheric treat an inspired blend of David Peace and early Pinter\u003cbr\u003eIrish Times\u003cbr\u003eSparse, energetic, fragmented prose\u003cbr\u003eThe Spectator\u003cbr\u003eVibrant, colorful, and complex\u003cbr\u003eIrish Independent\u003cbr\u003eStylish, sharp-witted, taut. A must for modern noir fans\u003cbr\u003eNB Magazine\u003cbr\u003eDefinitive confident and compelling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 202g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 128 x 197 x 24 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781529426601\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joe Thomas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44097707049210,"sku":"9781529426601","price":7.31,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1660937521371_book.jpg?v=1661254201","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/gringa-9781529426601","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}