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Under a gay awning of red and white which covered a portion of the famous roof-garden of the Palacete Mendoza at Rio, reclined Gideon Mendoza Morse, the richest man in Brazil, and-it was said-the third richest man in the world. He lay in a silken hammock, smoking those little... Read Full Overview

Under a gay awning of red and white which covered a portion of the famous roof-garden of the Palacete Mendoza at Rio, reclined Gideon Mendoza Morse, the richest man in Brazil, and-it was said-the third richest man in the world. He lay in a silken hammock, smoking those little... Read Full Overview

First published in 1922, City in the Clouds still reads as high adventure, with a subplot of romance and a sense of science fiction. Just consider London at a time when the exotic included Brazilian multimillionaires, Chinese laborers, and telephones. It's a relatively quick... Read Full Overview

First published in 1922, City in the Clouds still reads as high adventure, with a subplot of romance and a sense of science fiction. Just consider London at a time when the exotic included Brazilian multimillionaires, Chinese laborers, and telephones. It's a relatively quick... Read Full Overview