Pedro and Marques Take Stock: A Picaresque Novel by Falero, José

Pedro and Marques Take Stock: A Picaresque Novel

The Plotters meets Abundance in this modern picaresque novel, a vivid satire on social mobility where the...
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Author: José Falero
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Pedro and Marques Take Stock: A Picaresque Novel by Falero, José

Pedro and Marques Take Stock: A Picaresque Novel

CHF 34.66

Pedro and Marques Take Stock: A Picaresque Novel

CHF 34.66
Author: José Falero
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
The Plotters meets Abundance in this modern picaresque novel, a vivid satire on social mobility where the lives of two Brazilian supermarket stock clerks are upturned after their small-time marijuana business takes off.

In the favelas of Porto Alegre, Brazil, marijuana is hard to come by. Supermarket stock clerks Pedro and Marques spend their days unloading trucks, restocking shelves, and dreaming of a better life, of breaking the cycle of poverty that has afflicted their families and their community. Well-acquainted with the drug dealers in their neighborhood and seeing an opportunity to earn a little extra cash, they decide to start a weed-dealing operation.

The economic hierarchies of Porto Alegre are turned upside down as, almost accidentally, the two men build a thriving enterprise and get rich, quickly. Distribution grows from dime bags to kilos, and Pedro and Marques begin to plan for a future where low-wage work will never again be a necessity for them and their families. All too soon however, their operation starts attracting outsider attention, and cracks in their carefully crafted and seemingly untouchable world begin to show, culminating in one final, lethal showdown.

A witty, voice-driven, and electrifying portrait of poverty and a canny examination of the ethics of drug dealing and low-wage labor in the underbelly of Brazil, Pedro and Marques Take Stock is a contemporary picaresque novel of class and crime.

Author: José Falero
Publisher: Astra House
Published: 11/07/2023
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781662601231


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/25/2023

About the Author
José Falero lives in Porto Alegre, Brazil. He is the author of Vila Sapo, a story collection published by Todavia in 2019, and Mas em que mundo tu vive?, a collection of essays published by Todavia in 2021. The English translation of his story collection is forthcoming from Astra House. Pedro and Marques Take Stock is his first work to be translated into English.

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