Diogo Mainardi is a Brazilian writer, journalist and TV commentator, known for his articles in Brazil's largest weekly magazine, Veja.
The Fall is a mercurial and enriching walk through 'off-script' fatherhood, cerebral palsy, art history and this commonplace mystery, love. The Fall is wise and kind and moving * David Mitchell * The Fall is a moving portrait of a relationship with a child and a place. It is a rare book: by turns heartbreaking, angry and lyrical * Edmund de Waal * A wise and unsentimental description of what it is like to be parent to a child with cerebral palsy-an episodic portrait of a very intimate paternal journey -- Andrew Solomon, National Book Award-winning author of Far From the Tree A poignant, beautiful book, angry and inquiring, lyrical and literate -- Iain Finlayson * Saga * A remarkable celebration...intensely moving, rational, literate, and an absolute joy to read from start to finish -- John Berendt, New York Times best-selling author of In the Garden of Good and Evil and The City of Fallen Angels