{"product_id":"theres-no-point-in-dying-paperback","title":"There's No Point in Dying - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Alluring . . . powerful . . . an indelible depiction of a community on the brink of disaster.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this kaleidoscopic novel set in a favela of Rio de Janeiro--\"in the city of stray bullets, in the land of lost opportunities\"--a gang member runs wildly through the streets not knowing he has only seven minutes left to live. Barflies, prostitutes, immigrants, a gay couple, a taxi driver, cops, a mobster, and more populate Francisco Maciel's first book to appear in English. Leaping back and forth across time and spiraling into the surreal, the novel coalesces around a brutal massacre. Maciel's multiracial characters write poetry and discourse on soccer, insects, samba, and climate change. Gritty, unpredictable, and percussive, \u003ci\u003eThere's No Point in Dying \u003c\/i\u003eis translated by National Book Award winner Bruna Dantas Lobato.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102214328543,"sku":"9781954404397","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/zdyfgKbjeT9781954404397.webp?v=1781079155","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/theres-no-point-in-dying-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}