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Author:
Melo, Patrícia, 1962- author.
Title:
The body snatcher / Patrícia Melo ; translated by Clifford E. Landers.
Publisher:
Bitter Lemon Press,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
189 pages ; 20 cm
Subject:
Drug traffic--Fiction.
Police corruption--Fiction.
Extortion--Fiction.
Brazil--Fiction.
Noir fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Fiction.
Other Authors:
Landers, Clifford E., translator. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94064442
Other Titles:
Ladrão de cadáveres. English
Notes:
Translation of: Ladrão de cadáveres.
Summary:
One bright Sunday, alone on the banks of the Paraguay River, the narrator witnesses the fatal crash of a small plane. He finds a kilo of cocaine in the dead pilot's backpack and pockets it along with the pilot's expensive watch. Thus begins the protagonist's long slide into corruption. When police locate the crash site, the pilot's body is missing and a large-scale search ensues. Our hero, now involved in a busted cocaine deal, ends up owing a Bolivian drug gang so..
ISBN:
1908524537
9781908524539
OCLC:
(OCoLC)907113263
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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