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A Death in Brazil: A Book of Omissions (John MacRae Books) (Hardcover)

by Peter Robb (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Henry Holt & Company; 1 edition (May 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0805076417
  • ISBN-13: 978-0805076417
  • Product Dimensions: 24.2 x 16.4 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 879,141 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars A death in Brazil and its sources, 7 Sep 2004
By Mario Sergio Conti - See all my reviews
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I have also researched one of the subjects with which A Death in Brazil deals, namely the election, government and impeachment of Fernando Collor, the former President of Brazil. From 1991 to 1997, I was managing editor at Veja, the magazine with the widest circulation in Brazil, which played an influential role in bringing about Collor's impeachment. In 1992, I received the Editor of the Year Award from the World Press Review for Veja's coverage during the period.

At the end of 1999, after almost two years of full-time writing, I finished my 720-page book on the subject, entitled Notícias do Planalto: A imprensa e Fernando Collor (News From the Planalto: The press and Fernando Collor). In writing the book I interviewed 140 people and read more than a hundred books. Notícias do Planalto was a bestseller in Brazil, selling more than 80,000 copies.

Peter Robb invited me to lunch in Rio de Janeiro at the beginning of 2001. Robb praised Notícias do Planalto and told me of his plans to write a book about Brazil, Fernando Collor and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. I recommended that he read certain books and gave him phone numbers for both Collor and Lula da Silva. I never heard from him again.

When I read A Death in Brazil I was rather shocked. There were nineteen passages in Robb's book that were startlingly similar to passages in Notícias do Planalto. What we are dealing with here is not simply use of information, as is normal in intellectual work. The fact is that entire sentences, lines of reasoning and images recur with only a few words changed. I have prepared translated transcripts of the passages in question from Notícias do Planalto and the corresponding passages from A Death in Brazil.

Robb mentions my book only once. On page 313, in the section "Sources and Readings", he says that Notícias do Planalto is a "very fluid and complete account of Fernando's fast rise and faster fall as seen by the journalists of Brazilian press and television, not least of whom [is] the author". This mention in no way justifies the use Peter Robb seems to have made of my book. One wonders if he would have used my book so freely had it been published in English.

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8 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliantly captures the feel of Brazil, 6 Jan 2004
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I have previously read Peter Robb's Midnight in Sicily and not really liked it - it is full of facts and names and can get rather dry. This book about Brazil captures the food, the people and the places in a really interesting way. It also informs about a part of the world that we tend not to hear or read a lot about. In a nutshell, the book gives us a history of Brazil, some more recent history including the corruption of the Collor years and the rise of Lula, interwoven with explanations of the culture and the food. As someone who has spent some time in Brazil and visited the North East (where much of the book is set), it brings it all back to me very clearly. Added to that, the narrative leads to an interesting murder which is the basis of the title.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Shocking insight, 21 Jan 2008
By Mr. E. L. Prendergast "Gypsy" (Brazil) - See all my reviews
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Quite a facinating book but the overpowering impression one is left with is just how stupid and ignorant is the general polulation of Brazil. They seem to accept and tolerant all levels of corruption.
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