Is one of the books written by the highly successful journalist, Mario Zambujal. A very entertaining reading of the adventures of a group of rogues and the Lusitanian way.
It is one of the most successful books of this Portuguese writer. Although Mario Zambujal has cited in more than one occasion that is a book that haunts him, because everyone keeps talking about it and it marked his career, the fact is that it has a simple structure and the characters created that make this story a pure delight for anyone who reads it and rereads it. He said even here, in an interview he granted me, and that he wrote it to do amuse some friends. Good! The chronicles of these rascals are so funny and plain, we can create a great empathy with the adventures of this bunch of losers, much to the national taste. They think they are smart, but they are sadly mistaken. The structure is also curious, because each chapter describes the "career" of crime of each of the rogues. The ending is hilarious! The way they intend to carry out a daring assault on the Gulbenkian Museum, is the epitaph of all that one should never do when trying to rob a heavily guarded building. Imagine my enthusiasm for the book was such that when I first visited the Foundation, I was imaging the heist on my mind, laugh alone remembering all the mess this alleged swindlers caused on the Arabic room. I must say that my behavior at the time caught the attention of one of the security and not for the best of reasons. I looked like a bit crazy. The book is a delight and Mario Zambujal, please forgive me, but it's one of those books who "bear" with us always. Happy reading!
