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Leighton Gage


Born
in Rahway, NJ, The United States
May 14, 1942

Died
July 27, 2013

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Died July 27th, 2013

Leighton Gage writes the Chief Inspector Mario Silva series, crime novels set in Brazil. He and his Brazilian-born wife divide their time between their home in Brazil and those of their children and grandchildren in Europe and the U.S.
Praise for the Chief Inspector:

Hard-hitting, atmospheric…. Despite their social conscience and ambitious reach, there's nothing stiff or programmatic about Mr. Gage's lively, action-filled chronicles. They have finely sketched characters, vivid geographical detail and their own brutal sort of humor. The vast size of Brazil, with its great economic and topographic differences, affords a diversity of locales. Each book is a bit of adventure-travel, with Silva and crew often feeling like touri
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Where Athenian Gen Zers Find the Dough to Party Hearty.

 

Saturday ––Jeff 

The following article by Eleni Sampani appeared Thursday on the front page of Ekathimerini-- Greece's paper of record. It shared headlines with an article titled, "Brain drain exacting heavy economic toll" brought on when "427,000 young people of family-forming age left the country" because of their nation's financial crisis.

Greeks are resilient entrepreneurs who lo

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The Essential Silva - volume 1

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