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New Swedish Books 66 Where the Sin Never Sets – A
round the World in Portuguese The jury: Easy to read and engaging reportage. The reader will profit from With the Seven Deadly Sins as a starting point Henrik Brandão Jönsson recounts the unlikely tale of how one of Europe’s poorest countries was once one of the most powerful nations in the world. Now the former Portuguese colonies have become the sinful antitheses of their neighbouring states, as places where sex, alcohol, and gambling thrive. Each chapter in Brandão Jönsson’s book represents a Deadly Sin and a Portuguese-speaking place that seemingly has come to embody it. In Goa, drugs and gluttony had gained a foothold. In Macau money and greed had taken over. In the paradise island of Timor-Leste vanity, an example of pride, thrived, and in sexy Mozambique lust prevailed. In the temperamental Angola wrath was growing, and in exuberant Brazil sloth had spread. While the ‘Mother Country’ Portugal felt envy towards all that she had created abroad but had failed to accomplish at home. With this expansive text Brandão Jönsson offers the reader a book that they didn’t know was missing until they found it. Henrik Brandão Jönsson a variety of unexpected facts. Joyful reading! History, Travel, 282 p. Henrik Brandão Jönsson Publisher Natur & Kultur Rights Kontext agency Rita G Karlsson rita@kontextagency.com Photo: Dado Galdieri