New Arrival: Brasyl, by Ian McDonald
Just in is the new novel by Ian McDonald, Brasyl.
From the publisher's summary: "Think Bladerunner in the tropics... Be seduced, amazed, and shocked by one of the world’s greatest and strangest nations. Past, present, and future Brazil, with all its color, passion, and shifting realities, come together in a novel that is part SF, part history, part mystery, and entirely enthralling. Three separate stories follow three main characters: Edson is a self-made talent impresario one step up from the slums in a near future São Paulo of astonishing riches and poverty. ...Marcelina is an ambitious Rio TV producer looking for that big reality TV hit to make her name. ...Father Luis is a Jesuit missionary sent into the maelstrom of 18th-century Brazil to locate and punish a rogue priest who has strayed beyond the articles of his faith and set up a vast empire in the hinterland. ...Three characters, three stories, three Brazils, all linked together across time, space, and reality in a hugely ambitious story that will challenge the way you think about everything."
Click here for more information, to see if the book is checked in, and to place a hold.
Click here to read Ian McDonald's blog.
From the publisher's summary: "Think Bladerunner in the tropics... Be seduced, amazed, and shocked by one of the world’s greatest and strangest nations. Past, present, and future Brazil, with all its color, passion, and shifting realities, come together in a novel that is part SF, part history, part mystery, and entirely enthralling. Three separate stories follow three main characters: Edson is a self-made talent impresario one step up from the slums in a near future São Paulo of astonishing riches and poverty. ...Marcelina is an ambitious Rio TV producer looking for that big reality TV hit to make her name. ...Father Luis is a Jesuit missionary sent into the maelstrom of 18th-century Brazil to locate and punish a rogue priest who has strayed beyond the articles of his faith and set up a vast empire in the hinterland. ...Three characters, three stories, three Brazils, all linked together across time, space, and reality in a hugely ambitious story that will challenge the way you think about everything."
Click here for more information, to see if the book is checked in, and to place a hold.
Click here to read Ian McDonald's blog.
posted by Hillsborough Library Adult Services at 9:28 AM
