Joao Cerqueira
Author of The Tragedy of Fidel Castro
About the Author
Works by Joao Cerqueira
Perestroika 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1964
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Portugal
- Birthplace
- Porto, Portugal
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Awards
Statistics
- Works
- 11
- Members
- 42
- Popularity
- #357,757
- Rating
- 3.4
- Reviews
- 10
- ISBNs
- 14
- Languages
- 3
Cerqueira paints a vivid, if terrifying picture of a brutal regime and the characters who struggle against it are drawn with great pathos. He manages to render even the most odious, self-serving among them as vulnerable, human. The author expertly weaves each narrative into a tense fabric of despair and asks, finally, if there is any redemption in revenge or is true forgiveness the only way to peace, both for individuals and a nation.
A surprise plot twist ties each of the separate, yet intersecting lives of the main characters together in a beautifully poetic way. Readers of political intrigues and Cold War dramas will enjoy this.… (more)