{"product_id":"gringa-paperback","title":"Gringa - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoe Thomas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'As vibrant, colourful and complex as South America's largest city'\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSão Paulo, 2013: a city at an extraordinary moment in its history. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Mario Leme, a detective in the civil police, has developed a friendship with a young English investigative journalist, Ellie. When she goes to meet a contact in central São Paulo, Mario observes from the street as she walks into a building and doesn't come out. Inside, he discovers the dead body of a young man he doesn't recognise, and Ellie's phone lying on the floor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTold partly from Leme's point of view, partly from Ellie's, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGringa \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003etakes us through five days during the redevelopment of the centre of Sao Paulo in the run-up to the 2014 World Cup. Ellie's disappearance links characters at every level of the social hierarchy, from the drug dealers and civil and military police to the political class she witnesses the feral brutality of urban breakdown. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGringa\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, with shades of Don Winslow and James Ellroy, is a portrait of São Paulo \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e in all its harshness and dysfunction, its corruption and social divisions, its kaleidoscopic dynamism, its undercurrent of derangement, and its febrile, sensual instability, executed with a deep knowledge of the city's a \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePRAISE FOR JOE THOMAS \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Brilliant' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Feverish energy' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Wonderfully vivid' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Sophisticated, dizzying' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Vivid and visceral' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Superbly realised vivid and atmospheric' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Original' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A stylish, atmospheric treat an inspired blend of David Peace and early Pinter' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Sparse, energetic, fragmented prose' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Spectator \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Vibrant, colourful, and complex' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Independent \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Stylish, sharp-witted, taut. A must for modern noir fans' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNB Magazine \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Definitive confident and energetic'\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Crime Time \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Brilliant manic energy' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJake Arnott \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Wildly stylish and hugely entertaining' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLucy Caldwell \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Vivid, stylish, funny' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMick Herron \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Gripping, fast-paced, darkly atmospheric' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusanna Jones \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Snappy, thoughtful, moving' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn King \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Exciting, fresh, incredibly assured' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eStav Sherez \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Happy days!' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Timlin \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Utterly brilliant' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCathi Unsworth \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Had James Ellroy and David Peace collaborated on a novel they'd have written something like this' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Willets\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJOE THOMAS\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Hackney in 1977. He is the author of the critically acclaimed São Paulo quartet - \u003ci\u003eParadise City\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGringa\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBrazilian Psycho\u003c\/i\u003e - and \u003ci\u003eBent\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2020 and an \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e pick of the best crime fiction of 2020. His new novel, \u003ci\u003eWhite Riot\u003c\/i\u003e, the start of a trilogy set in Hackney in the 1970s and 1980s, is to be published by Arcadia in January 2023, and will be followed by \u003ci\u003eRed Menace\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTrue Blue\u003c\/i\u003e. Joe lives in London with his partner and son, and teaches at City, University of London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701898907711,"sku":"9781529426601","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/9d465e5d22e11b0c24caefabd99ceac3.webp?v=1765022384","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/gringa-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}