tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post5020168885803064989..comments2024-01-04T03:21:53.195-05:00Comments on Fear in Writing: Write Around the World: Leighton Gage on BrazilJournoMichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11170364981958685438noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-41296603173827705962012-03-12T05:14:16.804-04:002012-03-12T05:14:16.804-04:00anyone can tell me sie of police federal badge fro...anyone can tell me sie of police federal badge from Brasil?<br />Please, respond to insigpo@insigpol.com<br /><br />Thank s in advanceInsigpolhttp://www.insigniaspoliciales.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=140_143&products_id=5235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-31729087793309284382010-10-27T02:00:35.592-04:002010-10-27T02:00:35.592-04:00I am working my way backwards through the "ar...I am working my way backwards through the "around the world" posts, and I just wanted to say again - what an awesome idea, Michelle! I absolutely love learning about these places, and the bloggers you've picked made such a great job of giving us a peek into their world. Wonderful! <br /><br />Now I'm dying to visit Brazil - though I think I'd like to avoid rush hour if that traffic knot is anything to go by...Cruella Colletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11422848273167338884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-81343469826690025072010-10-23T14:06:10.684-04:002010-10-23T14:06:10.684-04:00Jackee,
Yes, the Boto is a sight.
But there are ma...Jackee,<br />Yes, the Boto is a sight.<br />But there are many other things to see as well.<br />If you go drop into our blog<br /><br /><a href="http://murderiseverywhere.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Murder Is Everywhere</a><br /><br />and scroll to the bottom of the home page, it will bring you to an index. You might find the posts entitled "Amazon", "Churches" and "Ectourism" interesting. And, if you type "Confederates in Brazil" into the search function, I think you'll find that interesting as well.<br />And maybe "Percy Fawcett". It deals with his death and the new film in which he'll be played by Brad Pitt.Leighton Gagehttp://www.leightongage.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-8921635673208659972010-10-22T22:48:44.842-04:002010-10-22T22:48:44.842-04:00Such a very intriguing post! I knew so little abou...Such a very intriguing post! I knew so little about the area, and I can see where it would be a hot bed for crime writing ideas. More cops murdered in Rio than N American and the UK combined?! Very eye-opening to say the least.<br /><br />Thanks for the wonderful post, Leighton and Michele. More than anything else in the country, I want to see the river dolphins. :o)Jackeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03351019926958000627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-14719283145582189762010-10-21T18:10:51.999-04:002010-10-21T18:10:51.999-04:00Wow! Such a fascinating place! Your line about the...Wow! Such a fascinating place! Your line about the rich getting richer and the poor reacting is so true. So sad.Jemi Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214408467456320167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-3418007773464799452010-10-21T17:57:20.093-04:002010-10-21T17:57:20.093-04:00Thanks for the fantastic post. Brazil sounds fasci...Thanks for the fantastic post. Brazil sounds fascinating - both as a place to live and a place to write about. The extremes and inequalities sound like a rich and powerful backdrop for a crime novel. <br /><br />These posts certainly are firing up my desire to visit all these fascinating places. :-)Debbie Cowenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07345631448431031295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-60589264315961436842010-10-21T13:10:13.271-04:002010-10-21T13:10:13.271-04:00Good post. Wow, I learned a lot! Thanks to both of...Good post. Wow, I learned a lot! Thanks to both of you for sharing this.<br />Have a good weekend,<br />KarenKaren Langehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18177923284595298347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-41257623966577977222010-10-21T11:41:38.004-04:002010-10-21T11:41:38.004-04:00Elizabeth, I hope you enjoy the books as much as y...Elizabeth, I hope you enjoy the books as much as you did the post. Dare I say even more? About the new release: over the past week it has collected excellent reviews from three of the four big trade publications, Booklist, Publisher's Weekly and the much-dreaded Kirkus Reviews. Now, all I need is Library Journal to sweep the board.<br /><br />Rayna, you are, of course, spot-on with your comments about Mumbai. Years ago, when the traffic in SP was much better than it is now, I was sitting in a cab with a friend of mine from Bombay (as it was called back then). We hadn't moved ten meters in ten minutes, and I apologized to him about the traffic. "Are you kidding?" he said. "Bombay is much worse."<br />Sometime later, I visited Bombay for the first time. And he was right. It was worse. But not anymore.<br />I, too, have wondered about the crime thing. Could it be that the belief in karma acts as a social control? That people don't want to be reborn down the scale so they avoid anything that might cause that to happen? Whatever the reason, I really do feel a lot safer in Mumbai than I do in São Paulo.<br /><br />Helen, I didn't even know they mentioned Brazil in American colleges. And my lack-of-knowledge about this place was astounding when I got here. I'm glad I was able to contribute a little to your knowledge bank.<br /><br />Margot, how true it is that this place gets into your blood. For all of the country's faults, I have known few foreigners who, after learning the language, and meeting the people, fail to fall in love with Brazil. And miss it when they go. If they ever do. I'm a case in point. I was supposed to stay for two years. Ha!<br /><br />Mason, thank you for your kind words. They're much appreciated.<br /><br />Clarissa, I hope you DO get a chance to see a Boto. A little story: In a former life, I used to make documentaries. We were flying over an isolated part of what is now the State of Tocantins in a small helicopter. We spotted an isolated village along a river, no access at all by road. We decided to land and have a look around. The people had never been so close to a helicopter, and we took a few of them up just for fun. In turn, they led us down to the river and showed us the local boto. A kid stood on the bank and clapped. And, the next thing we knew, this pink head popped out of the water, and there she was, this wild creature they'd trained to come when they called. Fascinating!<br /><br />Cold, please do not mention football (soccer) to me. We are still reeling after our defeat in the World Cup this year. On the other hand, the next one (2014) will be held in Brazil. So you're going to be seeing a lot of the country on TV - wherever you live. My release for 2011, by the way, deals with the kidnapping of the mother of a soccer star just before the World Cup. This has become somewhat of a cottage industry here. Three such mothers of the 2010 Brazilian first eleven were sequestered and held for ransom.<br />The book is entitled A Vine in the Blood. And I finished it three months ago. It won't be on sale until December of 2011 at the earliest, though. The American publishing industry moves with the stately pace of a pachyderm.Leighton Gagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09788807904434180290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-42856609871792987102010-10-21T10:51:43.617-04:002010-10-21T10:51:43.617-04:00Helen- It's definitely a place I want to visit...Helen- It's definitely a place I want to visit!<br /><br />Margot- Diversity is certainly an interesting element in mystery writing...And I agree, Brazil seems like the perfect backdrop!<br /><br />Mason- Blogging makes the world smaller, but it doesn't make us any more alike (thought I suppose that could be argued...and has been). I've learned just as much as all of you with this series!<br /><br />Clarissa- We hear waaaaaay to many stories of death in Mexico--of police or by police, it seems. Your post was great on Wednesday, thank you!<br /><br />Cold- Soccer, yes! Someone had to mention that. I don't know if Leighton has been to Norway (isn't that where you live?), but he says he has some crazy stories from his times in Finland! I would imagine the change in climate would be dramatic for you if you moved to Brazil. :)JournoMichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11170364981958685438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-41986299607230755072010-10-21T09:55:30.219-04:002010-10-21T09:55:30.219-04:00I've been to Iceland (and liked it), but never...I've been to Iceland (and liked it), but never to Brazil. My company has an office in Rio, so maybe I should try to get a transfer. To me Brazil is first and foremost great soccer players >:)<br /><br /><a href="http://cold-as-heaven.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> Cold As Heaven </a>CA Heavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07558100567878233142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-9189931359366290562010-10-21T08:47:44.482-04:002010-10-21T08:47:44.482-04:00Sounds a lot like Mexico. Many police get killed h...Sounds a lot like Mexico. Many police get killed here as well. You couldn't pay me a million dollars to be a cop. <br /><br />I was told recently that in a border town a twenty-year-old female was made chief of police because no one else applied for the elected job. I would never do the job because either you're corrupt or dead. <br /><br />Great post. Learned a lot about Brazil. Would love to see a Boto some day.<br /><br />CDAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12160669603997465454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-82187542610258142422010-10-21T08:47:33.749-04:002010-10-21T08:47:33.749-04:00Leighton, what a fascinating post. I learned a gre...Leighton, what a fascinating post. I learned a great deal about Brazil today and see how it could be a great setting for murder mysteries. Best of luck.<br /><br />Michele, thanks for hosting Leighton and for this interesting look at the world and some of its great writers.<br /><br />Mason<br /><a href="http://www.masoncanyon.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">Thoughts in Progress</a>Mason Canyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10935307400882363560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-81363694236219804152010-10-21T07:50:32.622-04:002010-10-21T07:50:32.622-04:00Michele - Thanks for hosting Leighton.
Leighton -...Michele - Thanks for hosting Leighton.<br /><br />Leighton - Your post took me right back to my own trip to Brazil when I was young. It is a beautiful, dangerous, fascinating, exotic, seductive and scary place. As you say, there are things not to like about it, but Brazil got into my blood when I was there. Still haven't gotten it out. <br /><br />And I can certainly see how it's the perfect place for a crime series to take place. So many interesting people, so many places (and very different places, too) and so much diversity. I love it!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-10941241836104781952010-10-21T07:33:58.488-04:002010-10-21T07:33:58.488-04:00Elizabeth- The books really do bring one into the ...Elizabeth- The books really do bring one into the country of Brazil, faults and all.<br /><br />Rayna- Very interesting comparison of the two cities! I hadn't thought to compare anything other than the poverty. And one assumes crime comes with that...I always learn from your comments!JournoMichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11170364981958685438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-18581614654212477802010-10-21T07:33:29.298-04:002010-10-21T07:33:29.298-04:00Really enjoyed this post, since I know (or knew) l...Really enjoyed this post, since I know (or knew) little about Brazil. I certainly learned more today than I did in college!Helen Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09794759602654727110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-86801680186810308982010-10-21T06:30:25.361-04:002010-10-21T06:30:25.361-04:00Thank you Leighton for an awesome post. Reading ab...Thank you Leighton for an awesome post. Reading about Sao Paulo, was like reading about Bombay- the inequitable distribution of wealth, the traffic, etc.<br />The strangest thing I found when I was in SP a few years back was that Bombay and SP are two nearly identical cities when it comes to throwing economic disparity on your face, yet crime as you know it in SP is almost completely missing in Bombay. We kicked around many theories, but have never come up with one that adequately explains it.<br /><br />And traffic in SP is much better than in Bombay- you guys can speed at times.Natashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00481081735923606868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7193005159654060545.post-13166492678459550352010-10-21T05:35:45.771-04:002010-10-21T05:35:45.771-04:00What a fascinating country--with both good points ...What a fascinating country--with both good points and challenges like any interesting place. Thanks so much for giving us a deeper look at Brazil--I'm looking forward to reading your books. Best of luck with your upcoming release.Elizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.com