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Nemesis: One Man and the Battle for Rio's Biggest Slum
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Nemesis: One Man and the Battle for Rio’s Biggest Slum

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Antonio Francisco Bonfim Lopes was a hardworking young father before he became the king of Rocinha, the largest slum in Rio; the head of a drug cartel; and perhaps Brazil’s most wanted criminal, known as Nem.

Nemesis is the riveting account of Nem’s ruthless ascent, his sway over its anarchic outlaw culture, and ultimately-his downfall. Struggling to come up with funds to pay for the hospital bills necessary to save a sick baby’s life, a twenty-four-year-old Nem is forced to take a loan from a local mafioso, a decision that plunges him into the heart of Rio’s criminal underworld. Over the next sixteen years, as he grows in stature, Nem will try to bring welfare and justice to a playground of gang culture and destitution.

Drawn from years of in-person interviews and told with humanity and warmth-Nemesis is an unflinching, dramatic investigation into the rise of a crime lord in Rio and the menacing conditions of life inside the favela.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Country
United States
Date
21 February 2017
Pages
336
ISBN
9780345806833

Antonio Francisco Bonfim Lopes was a hardworking young father before he became the king of Rocinha, the largest slum in Rio; the head of a drug cartel; and perhaps Brazil’s most wanted criminal, known as Nem.

Nemesis is the riveting account of Nem’s ruthless ascent, his sway over its anarchic outlaw culture, and ultimately-his downfall. Struggling to come up with funds to pay for the hospital bills necessary to save a sick baby’s life, a twenty-four-year-old Nem is forced to take a loan from a local mafioso, a decision that plunges him into the heart of Rio’s criminal underworld. Over the next sixteen years, as he grows in stature, Nem will try to bring welfare and justice to a playground of gang culture and destitution.

Drawn from years of in-person interviews and told with humanity and warmth-Nemesis is an unflinching, dramatic investigation into the rise of a crime lord in Rio and the menacing conditions of life inside the favela.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Country
United States
Date
21 February 2017
Pages
336
ISBN
9780345806833