Dancing with the Devil in the City of God: Rio de Janeiro and the Olympic Dream
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From prizewinning journalist and Brazilian native Juliana Barbassa comes a deeply reported and beautifully written account of the seductive and chaotic city of Rio de Janeiro as it struggles with poverty and corruption on the brink of the 2016 Olympic Games.
Juliana Barbassa moved a great deal throughout her life, but Rio was always home. After twenty-one years abroad, she returned to find her native city-once ravaged by inflation, drug wars, corrupt leaders, and dying neighborhoods-undergoi...
Juliana Barbassa moved a great deal throughout her life, but Rio was always home. After twenty-one years abroad, she returned to find her native city-once ravaged by inflation, drug wars, corrupt leaders, and dying neighborhoods-undergoi...






















