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Under the Nihil

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What if you could take a pill which removed all of your inhibitions, including your fear of death? The unnamed narrator of UNDER THE NIHIL, a washed-out seminary student, has endured a terrifying spiritual and mental collapse. Now a mysterious government agency has offered him a chance to take part in an experimental program involving a new top-secret drug named nihil, a mind-altering chemical compound created to enable American soldiers to fight with the same fearlessness and fanaticism as Muslim suicide bombers. Feeling he has little to lose, he agrees to be the shadow government's guinea pig. But nobody could predict the consequences once this complex and troubled man had gone UNDER THE NIHIL.

111 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 2011

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August 13, 2019
A somewhat heavy-handed little novel about social outcast who is recruited to experiment with a drug designed to take away all inhibition.
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August 21, 2015
NARRADO EM PRIMEIRA PESSOA, o protagonista é um ex-seminarista que foi expulso da instituição após uma bateria de exames psicológicos. Nos eventos que se sucedem, descritos de maneira que deixa transparecer uma linha de raciocínio simultaneamente lógica e caótica, o personagem se coloca diante de decisões cada vez mais complexas, que prende a atenção do leitor até o clímax da trama.

Apesar dos editores posicionarem a obra "na tradição das melhores distopias - como 1984 e Admirável Mundo Novo", minha percepção é a de que não se trata exatamente de uma distopia e sim de um thriller psicológico; e dos bons!

O posfácio de Martim Vasques da Cunha é brilhantemente elaborado e repleto de referências interessantes.
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