05570cam a2200517 4500 232021010 TxAuBib 20150601120000.0 ||||||s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781590516997 1590516990 B00JCRXBMQ Amazon cd36f874-30d8-42c9-9c7e-7026dcd1be60 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1665231 OverDrive (Product ID) 238160 1665231 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Ribeiro, Edgard Telles. His Own Man [Libby eBook]. Other Press, 2014. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2161kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:From one of Brazil's eminent authors comes a Machiavellian tale, set during South America's dirty wars, where the machinations of a consummate diplomat and deceiver ring dangerously true. A charismatic young diplomat in Brazil's Foreign Ministry, Marcílio Andrade Xavier (Max to his friends and colleagues), renounces his past ideals and becomes an informer for the military regime after their coup in 1964. Max navigates a shadowy world of betrayal, torture, and assassination without blinking an eye and advances swiftly up the diplomatic ladder. Ironically, once democracy is restored after more than two decades, the enigmatic Max will still manage to thrive. Set against the backdrop of ruthless political maneuvering and dubious business deals with dire consequences, His Own Man offers a chilling anatomy of ambition and power. "Recalling some of the finest works of recent political fiction to come from Latin America, such as Bolaño's By Night in Chile, Telles Ribeiro's His Own Man illuminates the sinister foundations upon which Brazil's modern 'economic miracle' was actually built following the military coup d'état of fifty years ago. Yet this novel is not simply the haunting evocation of a bygone era in one nation's history: it's a reminder of the fragility of our own time, just about everywhere in the world--and we would do well to take note.". HTML:Jaime Manrique, International Latino Book Award--winning author of Our Lives Are the Rivers and Cervantes Street. HTML:"His Own Man is an elegant, absorbingly knowing, chilling, dryly humorous and often moving portrait of political cynicism and ambition and its human toll--the banality of evil with a Brazilian diplomat's face. Illuminating one of our hemisphere's darkest periods, that of South America's military dictatorships, in a surprisingly intimate way, its tragedy feels universal.". HTML:Francisco Goldman, author of The Art of Political Murder and Interior Circuit. HTML:"This tale of international intrigue (Graham Greene might provide the best comparison) shows how malleable concepts of left and right, and right and wrong, can be during extended periods of political unrest and military repression. [Ribeiro's] nuanced and psychologically incisive rendering of survival strategies and personal costs rings true.". HTML:Kirkus (starred review.) "Max savors like no one else the sinister mechanisms of power and becomes a master at manipulating them to his own advantage. In the process, Telles Ribeiro's protagonist also joins the roster of the most unforgettable characters in modern fiction.". HTML:Laura Restrepo, author of Delirium. "A penetrating exploration of the [political] stage wings, where government, the military, and business leaders play their hands--with the press and the opposition silenced--and not merely in Brazil.". HTML:O Globo (Brazil). "A historically grounded and fascinating follow-up to Ribeiro's first novel...this is yet another successful coup for this journalist and diplomat turned novelist.". HTML:Booklist. HTML:"[His Own Man] offers a fascinating look at South American politics and revolution while simultaneously anatomizing a man without a soul.". HTML:Publishers Weekly. "Ribeiro's political commentary is of global import, a caution against too readily forgetting and too quickly adapting.". HTML:Words Without Borders. "Perhaps the most masterfully conceived portrait of a diplomat in our literature since...Machado de Assis.". HTML:O Valor Econômico (Brazil). "Assures the author's definitive place among the major novelists of the Portuguese language.". HTML:O Estado de São Paulo (Brazil). "Those seeking to understand Brazil's past and present should look...to Telles Ribeiro.". HTML:The Monthly. Historical Fiction. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-08-01 20:00:02. Hastings, Kim. http://www.ntexlibrariesonthego.org/ContentDetails.htm?ID=cd36f874-30d8-42c9-9c7e-7026dcd1be60 https://samples.overdrive.com/his-own-man-cd36f8?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/his-own-man-cd36f8?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/his-own-man-cd36f8?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) TXMLR