End

by Fernanda Torres

Genres: Hispanic & Latino; Black Humor; Women's Fiction

Synopsis

In this deadly-funny debut novel by renowned Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres, five macho friends in Rio’s Copacabana reflect on their hedonistic glory days—now supplanted by the indignities of aging—in what turn out to be their final moments. With uncanny insight into the less virtuous corners of the male psyche, Fernanda Torres brings us five friends who once milked the high life of Rio’s Bossa Nova age and are now left with memories—parties, marriages, divorces, fixations, inhibitions, bad decisions—and the grim realities of getting old. Álvaro lives alone and bemoans the evils of his ex-wife. Sílvio can’t give up the excesses of sex and drugs. Ribeiro is a vain, Viagra-abusing beach bum. Neto is the square, a faithful husband until the end. Ciro is the Don Juan envied by all—but the first to die. Cutting in on these swan songs are the testimonies of those the men seduced, cheated, loved, and abandoned: their wives and children. Edgy, funny, and wise, The End is a candid tropical tragicomedy and an epitaph for a lost generation of machos. “A funny, smart, well conceived, and perfectly executed playful look at mortality.” —Nick Buzanski, Book Culture (New York, NY) “This book is raunchy, sophisticated, and so wonderfully Brazilian. I devoured it in one sitting. Parabéns, Fernanda!!!” —Daniela Roger, Books & Books (Coral Gables, FL) “Torres’ writing [has] flair and wit… [an] unforgiving portrait of men at their worst.” — Kirkus Born in 1965 in Rio de Janeiro, Fernanda Torres has been an actress in film, theater, and TV since she was thirteen years old and has won many awards, including Best Actress at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. Over the last 20 years, she’s become a scriptwriter for film and theater and a regular newspaper and magazine columnist. Her debut novel, The End, sold more than 200,000 copies in Brazil.

Release date: July 11, 2017

Publisher: Restless Books

Print pages: 256