Rubem Fonseca

Rubem Fonseca

Mandrake, a Bíblia e a Bengala

Mandrake, a Bíblia e a Bengala / Mandrake, the Bible and the Cane

Novel , 2005

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Crime Fiction Literary Fiction

In this book Mandrake is back, the character which Rubem Fonseca introduced in his novels The great art and From the depths of a prostituted world I only kept love for my cigar. This time, Mandrake has to solve two mysteries. The first consists in finding out if one of the specialists in rare books from the Club of Bibliomanes is behind the disappearance of the Giant Bible of Mainz, one of the first books to be printed on the Gutenberg publishing press. His second task is to discover who stole his Swaine cane and used it as a murder weapon. Brazil Distribution acquired the rights for TV adaptation for the series O caso de F.A. 

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