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Fado Alexandrino

by Antonio Lobo Antunes · 1983

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'In this new work by the foremost Portuguese novelist, the reunion of five men on the tenth anniversary of their battalion's return from Mozambique, Portugal's Vietnam, ends in a fatal stabbing - which ultimately serves as an act of liberation for the corrupt city of Lisbon.' Newsday

Setting
1980s
Audience
adult
Length
long · 497 pages

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