Blood-Drenched Beard is Daniel Galera's gripping, visceral, fast and atmospheric
English-language debut. His father shoots himself, and all he's left with is th
e old cattle dog and a vague desire for explanation. He loves swimming so he tra
vels to Garopaba, a quiet little town on the Brazilian coast, where his grandfat
her disappeared in mysterious, possibly brutal, circumstances decades before.
There, in the midst of romantic flings and occasional trips, he comes to discov
er more than he could ever have imagined - not just about his grandfather, but a
lso about himself. "Coolly seductive ...a tensely atmospheric novel whose glassy
surface conceals a dangerous undertow". (Guardian).
