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Tony Bellotto Brazil
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Tony Bellotto, born in São Paulo in 1960,
is the guitarrist of the famous Brazilian rock band Os Titãs (“The Titans”), which was
founded in the 1980s. He is also a writer and the presenter of a Brazilian
television show. Tony Bellotto lives in Rio de Janeiro.
Written
in fresh and lively language, No buraco
("Down in the Hole") combines a fast-paced detective story with the
memories of the failed rock musician Teo.
On
Ipanema Beach, Teo remembers his past: How his rather mediocre band landed one
great hit in the late 1980s and the golden times on the road that followed. Now
living in a run-down appartment, Teo has to face the fact that he is far from
being the star he once was. Then he meets the Korean girl Lien, and his whole
life starts to change. But when Lien's brother Chang-Ho gets into trouble for
inventing a new illegal downloading system, Teo, who has been given a thumb
drive for safe-keeping, is drawn deeper and deeper into a case of bloody revenge...
Bellotto is one helluva writer. Owner of an elegant, quick, pop &
cult narrative voice, this guy reaches a pinnacle of exellence and originality
that's hard to find around here.
Reinaldo Moraes,
writer
His most personal and most fluidly narrated work.
Vida
Novels:
Bellini e a esfinge
São Paulo: Companhia das
Letras 1995, 232 p.
Adapted for the movies in
2002
Prize of the Audience for
Best Feature Film at the prestigious Festival Rio BR 2002
Bellini e o demônio
São Paulo: Companhia das Letras
1997, 264 p.
Adapted for the movies in
2010
France: Actes Sud 2007 ● Portugal: Quetzal 2009
Bellini e os espíritus
São Paulo: Companhia das
Letras 2005, 264 p.
Italy: Cavallo di Ferro 2009 ● Portugal: Bertrand 2008
No buraco
São Paulo: Companhia das
Letras 2010, 250 p.
Portugal: Quetzal 2010
Short stories and chronicles:
BR 163 - Duas Histórias na Estrada
São Paulo: Companhia das
Letras 2001, 216 p.
Os insones
São Paulo: Companhia das
Letras 2007, 240 p.
Non-fiction for children:
O livro do guitarrista
São Paulo: Companhia das
Letras 2001, 80 p.