The Dictator and the Hammock by Daniel Pennac

The Dictator and the Hammock

Daniel Pennac

Daniel Pennac is an author that goes off at tangents, explores themes, stops to think, goes back to re-examine an idea and constantly keeps you on your toes by forcing you to think. Quirky, original and funny.
Oh yes, and there are verses in Portuguese.

Extract
The Brazilian Serao is three Frances of loose stones and greyish thorn bushes under a white sun, and here and there that gold-fringed red blaze - a flame tree! The most beautiful tree in the world, which does not even enjoy the luxury of being rare.
Parallels
  • Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
  • The Outsider by Albert Camus
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Violence
Explicit sexual content