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"Winner of the 1998 Machado de Assis Award for Best Novel from the Brazil National Library. In a period of just three days, everything changes for young painter Eduardo ""Tato"" Simmone, who has never sold a painting. During the funeral of Tato's renowned and beloved mentor, Anibal Marsotti, Tato meets two people who will determine his fate: a beautiful young woman who may be a vampire and a major dealer of art forgeries. Tato gets caught up investigating the theft of famed Italian figurative painter Amadeo Modigliani's tombstone, and all signs point to Curitiba, Brazil-Tato's hometown. A letter from an expert art historian in Italy brings Tato further clues, but shadows lurk in all directions and there is no one to trust. Tato discovers the similarities between viewing a painting and solving a crime: closer examination shows us there is more to people than meets the eye."

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Cristovao Tezza has proven his ability to, through words, paint the world. -Salvador Tezza distracts the reader with a vigorous and exciting plot with mystery, action, and a beautiful love story, obscuring his true intention, which is catching his characters off-guard and revealing them in all their shades. -Folha de S. Paulo

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Cristovao Tezza was born in Lages, in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, in 1952. He is the author of thirteen novels, published in fourteen languages, and the winner of many literary prizes, including the Jabuti Prize, the Sao Paulo Literature Award, and the Portugal Telecom Award. His novel The Eternal Son was shortlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Award in 2012.

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