Description
In the hillside slums where survival is measured in favors and fear, eleven-year-old Kingie is pulled into the machinery of drug trafficking—first as a lookout, then as someone who must learn fast, think faster, and trust no one. As his world narrows to the routines of crime and the promises it offers, the novel traces how poverty, ambition, and moral compromise collide, shaping a life that keeps moving even when it should stop. With a sharp, unsentimental voice, this story explores themes of social inequality, the education of the street, and the haunting cost of chasing “dreams” in a system designed to deny them. Blending gritty realism with psychological intensity, it offers a compelling portrait of how violence and hope can grow from the same roots.
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paperback
Companhia das Letras
Published Jan 1, 2000
367 pages
ISBN: 8535900500
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Details
First Published
2000
Language
por
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Inferno by Patrícia Melo.