Samizdat B92 publishes Misha Glenny's "Nemesis" in Serbian

Samizdat B92 publishes Misha Glenny's "Nemesis" in Serbian

Nemesis is the riveting account of Nem's ascent, his sway over its anarchic outlaw culture, and lastly, his fall.

Because he cannot pay for the treatment of his sick baby daughter, 24-year-old Nem is forced to borrow it from a local mobster, and this decision pulled him irreversibly into the criminal underworld of Rio. Over the next 16 years, as he climbs through the hierarchy, Nem will try to bring about progress and justice to a city ruled by gangs and misery.

Based on author Misha Glenny's personal conversations spanning several years and told with plenty of humanity and warmth, this book is a brave, dramatic study of the rise of a Rio crime king and the inhumane conditions of the life in the favelas.

"He is at his best in a quieter voice, sorting out why the police cannot simply swoop into a favela and arrest Mr. Big, and how street lookouts work and, especially, how a smart young Brazilian with a sick baby could transform himself into a crime lord."

- The New York Times Book Review

"Fascinating dive into Brazil’s terrifying underworld, where the stakes are all or nothing... Nemesis reads like a fast-paced thriller."

- The Times

"A dynastic 50-year Shakespearean sweep of organised crime that manages to be both intimate and alarming. Glenny not only writes books - he lives them."

- Observer

"An engrossing criminal history of a city that has become as synonymous with lawlessness as it is with samba."

- The Economist

About the author

Misha Glenny is a journalist and historian, the author of DarkMarket, McMafia, The Fall of Yugoslavia (for which he won the Overseas Press Club Award in 1993 in the best book on foreign affairs), The Balkans: Nationalism, War and the Great Powers, 1804–1999 (all published in Serbia by Samizdat B92).

Glenny was a BBC correspondent from Central Europe, reporting about the fall of communism and wars in the former Yugoslavia - and is a regular consultant to the US government and many European countries on various political issues. He lives in London.