Roberto Drummond was a young journalist during the Brazilian political upheaval of the sixties whose writing eventually got him in trouble. While he wasn't exiled, he was blackballed and couldn't earn a living as a political journalist, and eventually became a sportswriter. Drummond was a huge fan of Atletico Mineiro, and he wrote about football to earn his living for the rest of his life. The myth goes that he died watching Brazil play England in the 2002 World Cup. At the time of his death, he was the author of eight novels and two collections of short stories. His work here on QLRS is only the second time he has been published in English.

• Short Stories : The River is a Brown God

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