City of God (1997)
“City of God A Word from the Translator Many people have been of inestimable help in the preparation of this translation. I would like to thank Alberto da Costa e Silva for his help with African and Yoruba words and culture, Tom Wilkinson for his help with drug terminology, Glenn Johnston for his help with everything pertaining to guns and bullets, David Coles for his help with football terminology, Daniela Travaglini, Heloisa Jahn and Joaão Crespo for allowing me to constantly pick their brains... about the Portuguese original, Antoônio Carvalho and Lynne Reay Pereira for their invaluable observations as my first readers, and Paulo Lins himself for his patient explanations of a world which so many of us could not even begin to understand were it not for this book.MoreLess
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