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...MEANS by Luis de Sttau Monteiro. 188 pages. Knopf...
...solar system as a kind of eternal clockwork, and most people thought of the social system in much the same terms, a favorite toy for grownups was the sort of music box in which tiny lords and ladies, shepherds and shepherdesses perform an elaborate, unchanging dance. Portuguese Author Monteiro has constructed his odd novella of life in modern Lisbon like one of those antique music boxes. The effect is quietly damning. The figures are a rich man, Gonçalo, his empty-headed wife, their idealistic young son, Gonçalo's stupid mistress Alexandra...
Brazil was shocked, but hardly surprised. Both Mello and Góes Monteiro come from the hardscrabble northeast state of Alagoas, where political ambushes are the rule, not the exception. For more than 20 years, Góes Monteiro and his family ran the state as a private political reserve. Once, when a political enemy was mysteriously killed, Góes Monteiro ordered samba music played on public loudspeakers...
...dared cross him was Mello, a crusading newspaperman whose election as governor in 1950 touched off a bloody feud. Mello ordered an investigation into the previous Góes Monteiro regime; a star witness was found with both legs-and his spirit-broken, and at one point rival gangs fought a pitched battle with machine guns on the floor of the state assembly. When Mello moved on to the national Senate 14 months ago, old Góes Monteiro promised: "He'll never make his first speech...
Except for his swearing-in, Mello made it a point to stay away from the Senate-until last week. Even then, he never made his maiden speech. After the gunplay, Mello faced a charge of homicide; Góes Monteiro was held for attempted assault with intent to kill. And the Senate passed a rule: from now on, all Senators will check their weapons at the door...