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Title: definitely omitted a lot
Review: The subtitle of this book is "A Book of Omissions" and there is definitely something missing. There're heaping tablespoons of information on Brazil's political history and how that emerged from her unique colonial history. The problem is twofold--the writer intertwines some irrelevant and mostly boring episodes in his life into it (just skip all that if you actually pick up this book...trust me) and I found the Chronology at the back made far more sense than the body of this work.Maybe it just needed a better writer or editor. I can't put a finger on it.It's sad really as this subject is a goldmine.So two stars for the fascinating history of Brazilian politics and no stars for the writing which did not blow me away at all.
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