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el urracaõ - they called it paradise - cover

el urracaõ - they called it paradise

Arson Cole

Maison d'édition: A.C. Books

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Synopsis

Jorge, the protagonist of this story, was born in a very poor favela in Rio and is forced to use a thousand tricks to survive. But he is a smart boy and one day, thanks to an encounter with a cunning magpie, he finds a real treasure. Jorge, however, is not satisfied, he pursues a career in drug trafficking and in a few years becomes a feared international trafficker, known by the people and the police as El Urracaõ. But rival groups want him dead and Jorge finds refuge in Switzerland. In Locarno he does business in the world of nightclubs and prostitution, finds love for the beautiful Sharon and is seduced by the riches of a golden and persuasive paradise, where the conspiracies of greedy bankers, unscrupulous financiers, and mafias develop. new and old. bosses who offer you a lucrative and easy deal, like a child's game, a deceptive game in which all the protagonists seem to pursue a dark personal goal. With this novel Arson Cole drags us into a dizzying plot that is also a long journey in search of a personal paradise always dreamed of and yet painfully difficult to find. The author of this novel is a mystery: no one knows where he lives, there are no images of him and it is impossible to find information about his biography. We only know that he uses a different pseudonym for each of his novels and that Arson Cole is the name he chose to sign The Magpie.
Disponible depuis: 19/06/2024.
Longueur d'impression: 477 pages.

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