The Slum (Library of Latin America)
Contributors: Richard Graham (Editor); Alfonso Romano de Sant'Anna (Editor)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: March 13, 2000
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780195121872
First sentence: Between the ages of thirteen and twenty-five, Joao Romao worked for the proprietor of a dingy and squalid but profitable tavern and general store in the back streets of Botafogo.