Leland Guyer

Intimate Enemies: No Sin South of the Equator Leland Guyer

This novel received an award from the Art Critic'sAssociation of Sao Paulo as best fiction.

In this book the author tries a new storyline, using elements stored in her memory fromchildhood. For the first time she writes aboutnortheastern Brazil, describing a sensual andmodern place which suffers from the sameproblems it endured at the turn of the century aswell as newer ones such as the corruptionpracticed using the incentives given by thegovernment to combat the draught. The plotdescribes the violence committed by the strongagainst the weak. Within the narrative is the story ofa man who lives with four women under the sameroof. Full of irreverent and delectable language, thisbook is as full of life and humor as the region itdescribes. Indeed, it is a book worth reading manytimes.