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Duke University Press Bruno: Conversations with a Brazilian Drug Dealer

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In the 1980s a poor farmer's son from Recife, Brazil, joined the Brazilian navy and began selling cocaine. After his arrest in Rio de Janeiro he spent the next eight years in prison, where he joined the Comando Vermelho criminal faction and eventually became one of its leaders. Robert Gay tells this young man's dramatic and captivating story in "Bruno." In his shockingly candid interviews with Gay, Bruno provides many insights into the criminal world in which he lived: details of day-to-day prison life; the inner workings of the Brazilian drug trade; the structure of criminal factions; and the complexities of the relationships and links between the prisons, drug trade, gangs, police, and favelas. And most stunningly, Bruno's story suggests that Brazilian mismanagement of the prison system directly led to the Comando Vermelho and other criminal factions' expansion into Rio's favelas, where their turf wars and battles with police have terrorized the city for over two decades. Review ""Bruno"'s virtues are obvious: clear expository writing, an almost unmediated access to the heart and mind of a tough guy, and to an underworld that neatly connects to concerns here in the United States. Robert Gay has become an unavoidable reference for scholars on criminality, violence, and drugs in Latin America. "Bruno" is another key contribution." --Javier Auyero, author of"Patients of the State: The Politics of Waiting in Argentina" Review "Bruno's virtues are obvious: clear expository writing, an almost unmediated access to the heart and mind of a tough guy, and to an underworld that neatly connects to concerns here in the United States. Robert Gay has become an unavoidable reference for scholars on criminality, violence, and drugs in Latin America. Bruno is another key contribution." Author: Javier Auyero, author of Source: Patients of the State: The Politics of Waiting in Argentina From the Author Robert Gay is Professor of Sociology at Connecticut College. He is the author of Lucia: Testimonies of a Brazilian Drug Dealer's Woman and Popular Organization and Democracy in Rio De Janeiro: A Tale of Two Favelas. About the Author Robert Gay is Professor of Sociology at Connecticut College. He is the author of "Lucia: Testimonies of a Brazilian Drug Dealer's Woman" and "Popular Organization and Democracy in Rio De Janeiro: A Tale of Two Favelas."

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Brand: Duke University Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0822358417
Category: Books > Subjects > Biography > Historical > Countries & Regions > Central & South America
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 10 April 2015
Listed Since: 03 July 2014

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