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Daniel Galera (Author) Daniel Galera was born in Sao Paulo in 1979. He co-founded the influential publishing house Livros do Mal, and has translated David Foster Wallace, Zadie Smith and Irvine Welsh into Brazilian Portuguese. He has published a collection of short stories and three novels, including Blood-Drenched Beard, as well as an acclaimed graphic novel (with Rafael Coutinho).
Make sure you buy this book before the summer is over. A page turner which pulls it punches in all the right places, it is witty, modern and deceptively emotional - with lots of flirting and swimming to add to the mix -- Deborah Levy Utterly brilliant. I loved every single page. Galera is an extraordinary writer and this is a beautiful book. He sees the essential truths in his characters, and through them he sees those truths in us * Nadeem Aslam * Interesting, original, moving * Observer * Budding-genius material . . . an intriguing mystery and study in isolation set on the stunning coast of [Galera's] steamy country * Sunday Sport * Coolly seductive . . . a tensely atmospheric novel whose glassy surface conceals a dangerous undertow. The silences in this Everytown are as corrosive as the salty air -- Maya Jaggi * Guardian * Succeeds in creating an unsettling contrast between the beauty of this sleepy paradise and its sinister underbelly . . . an honest, disturbing portrait of a town that is, we discover, a predatory place at its heart * Financial Times * [A] dark, twisting thriller . . . one of the year's best offerings * Grazia *
