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A faca de dois gumes

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Advogado de família ilustre, marido apaixonado, é traído por sua bela mulher, amante de seu sócio e melhor amigo. Planeja, então, um crime perfeito, articulando meticulosamente todas as peças de sua ação, mas sua atitude passional e fatores imprevisíveis, envolvendo corrupção e o sequestro de seu filho, acabam por levá-lo a se envolver numa série de acontecimentos, que transformam sua vida numa faca de dois gumes, tudo se encaminhando para um final dramático.

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

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Fernando Sabino

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Fernando Sabino (October 12, 1923 - October 11, 2004) was a Brazilian writer and journalist.
Sabino was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, where he lived until he was twenty, when he moved to Rio de Janeiro.
Sabino was the author of 50 books, as well as many short stories and essays. His first book was published in 1941, when he was just 18 years old. Sabino vaulted to national and international fame in 1956 with the novel A Time to Meet, the tale of three friends in the inland city of Belo Horizonte. The book was inspired by Sabino's life history.
Sabino also enjoyed commercial success with The Great Insane and The Naked Man, which were made into films.
Sabino considered friendship to be one of the most important things in life. His circle of friends included Hélio Pellegrino, Otto Lara Resende, Paulo Mendes Campos, Rubem Braga, Clarice Lispector, Vinicius de Moraes, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Mário de Andrade, and Manuel Bandeira.
In the last ten years of his life, Sabino was distant from the media. Many of his close friends died before him. Two years before his death, Sabino was diagnosed with cancer. Following a prolonged illness, he died one day before his 81st birthday in his Rio de Janeiro home.

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6 reviews
June 20, 2021
Três estórias. Todas elas envolvendo crimes:

1. O bom ladrão - Uma mulher cleptomaníaca se casa ...
2. Martini seco - Um drink de martini seco e uma morte ...não. Algumas
3. A faca de dois gumes - Uma traição e um crime

As estórias tem poucas descrições. A leitura flui bem. O foco maior é no enredo.

Uma ótima diversão.
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106 reviews7 followers
September 25, 2021
Eu li esse livro com 12 ou 13 anos e fiquei traumatizada, esperando até hoje Fernando Sabino pagar minha terapia
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1,305 reviews41 followers
July 16, 2014

Livro composto por três novelas, li após ter visto o filme de um deles, o que dá nome ao conto e acho que isso tirou um pouco do impacto que a história tem, principalmente o final. Acabei achando as outras histórias melhores, todas têm um final meio trágico.
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12 reviews
April 7, 2009
Livro fácil de se ler, com fácil vocabulário, de leve compreensão, e com história divertida.
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