Historical fiction about real-life bandits who commandeered the Serato wilds of Brazil. The novel, “Backlands,” brings to life early 20th century Brazil with a tangibility that transports the reader immediately to another time and another world, that of Lampiao and Maria Bonita. When one imagines bandits, nostalgia of an era may not be the first to come to mind, but Schorr deftly conjures the mystique.
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