Showdown

by Jorge Amado and Žorže Amado

Book Overview

A classic Brazilian "Western" full of romance and adventure, violence and courage, and peopled with wonderfully earthy characters from the legendary author's childhood. "Set in Bahia at the turn of the century, Showdown is brimming with the gunmen, fugitives, prostitutes and other characters who settled that sunbaked northeastern state." - The New York Times " Jorge Amado has returned to some of his earliest, most radical concerns, confronting Brazilian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553346660
• ISBN13: 9780553346664
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Bantam
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

The climax of a rich career

Although this is not a crowd pleaser like Dona Flor or The War of the Saints, it is Amado's greatest novel. He returns to the social concerns of his early novels but treats them with a depth and richness that are the fruition of his long career.