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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
ISBN-10
1609808282
ISBN-13
9781609808280
eBay Product ID (ePID)
240971520
Product Key Features
Book Title
Name of Death
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Murder / General, Political, Latin America / South America
Publication Year
2018
Genre
True Crime, Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
9.9 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2017-056337
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
"For 35 years The Name of Death was Julio Santana, a Brazilian contract killer. Klester Cavalcanti doggedly pursued Santana for several years in order to tell his gruesome story, a terrible tale that chronicles the seduction of a 17-year-old Amazonian jungle kid into a lifetime of grotesquerie that did not end until he had murdered 492 people, leaving him to endure a denouement consumed by bad dreams Dante might have conjured and James Ellroy deconstructed." --Barry Gifford "A rare and very personal look at how a good, religious boy became a monstrous professional assassin. A fascinating page-turner that will keep you reading late into the night." --Catherine Pelonero, New York Times bestselling author of Kitty Genovese and Absolute Madness "The equally descriptive and provocative prose forces the reader to confront the surprising juxtaposition of a morally driven contract killer." - World Literature Today, "For 35 years The Name of Death was Julio Santana, a Brazilian contract killer. Klester Cavalcanti doggedly pursued Santana for several years in order to tell his gruesome story, a terrible tale that chronicles the seduction of a 17-year-old Amazonian jungle kid into a lifetime of grotesquerie that did not end until he had murdered 492 people, leaving him to endure a denouement consumed by bad dreams Dante might have conjured and James Ellroy deconstructed."--Barry Gifford
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
364.1524092
Edition Description
Media tie-in
Synopsis
The powerful true-life story of a Brazilian boy who could have been a fisherman but instead became the biggest professional killer known to the world - soon to be a major motion picture., The powerful true-life story of a Brazilian boy who could have been a fisherman but instead became the biggest professional killer known to the world. Without moralising about mass murderer, The Name of Death attempts to show how such a career can be not so very different from other ordinary working lives. The portrait that emerges in this riveting narrative, based on seven years of phone conversations between Cavalcanti and Santana, is not only that of a man but also that of a country., The powerful true-life story of a Brazilian boy who could have been a fisherman but instead became the biggest professional killer known to the world--soon to be a major motion picture. Julio Santana as seen through the eyes of acclaimed investigative reporter Klester Cavalcanti is not a monster--he is a loyal son, a family man, a devout Christian who is tormented by his conscience with every shot. But in a cruel and lawless area of Brazil, where every life has its price, respect for life is a luxury that he can't afford. Trained by his uncle, an assassin, and initiated in murder at 17 years of age, Santana proved to be a natural. Without moralizing about mass murderer, The Name of Death attempts to show how such a career can be not so very different from other ordinary working lives. The portrait that emerges in this riveting narrative, based on seven years of phone conversations between Cavalcanti and Santana, is not only that of a man but also that of a country. Describing in detail only a handful of the almost 500 murders Santana carried out, Cavalcanti reveals just how lawless much of the interior of Brazil has been for the past 50 years. The state, the police, and the security forces play almost no part in establishing the rule of law--except when they are suppressing the guerrilla threat of the early 1970s. Cavalcanti shows just how easy it is for a boy like Julio to take the law into his own hands, and what a wild place Brazil has been and in many ways continues to be. The Name of Death is being adapted into a major motion picture produced by Fernando Meirelles (director of City of God , Blindness , and The Constant Gardener ) and Globo Filmes, for release in Brazil in July 2017 and distribution in the U.S. the following year., JúLio Santana, As Seen Through The Eyes Of Acclaimed investigative reporter Klester Cavalcanti, is not a monster - he is a loyal son, a family man, a devout Christian who is tormented by his conscience with every shot. But in a vast and still lawless region of Brazil where every life has its price, respect for those lives is a luxury that he can't afford. Initiated in the craft of murder for hire at seventeen years of age by his trusted uncle, Santana proves to be a natural. He kills almost five hundred times. A murderer by profession, Santana is nonetheless saved by his own innocence and the love of his wife, the mother of his children. The reader is left to ponder how so much evil can coexist alongside so much good. The major motion picture of The Name of Death, produced by Fernando Meirelles (director of City of God, Blindness, and The Constant Gardener) and Globo Filmes, will be released in Brazil and worldwide in 2018. Book jacket.
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HV6535
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- a***h (25)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseThe book was competitively priced, ordering was easy, the book was well packaged and arrived safely, and its condition was exactly as specified.The delivery time from ordering to mailbox was a little long (14 days), but overall it was a good experience and I would use this seller again.
- n***a (190)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseMy kid really wanted this, and she likes it. I don’t think the value is great, just more HP commercialism. (She paid me and I ordered, btw.) The price from this seller on eBay is less than anywhere else we found. Reviews citing LONG wait between order and receiving the items are correct: give this seller a full 2 weeks to get items to you. The set arrived carefully packaged and pristine. Overall, my daughter is very pleased with the item. If you can be patient, seller offers good value.
- 5***s (624)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseItem as described, but slow shipping. 18 days for the item to arrive. No padding in packaging, the item arrived a little beat up.