Olha, que coisas mais lindas!: Gorgeous Portuguese crime-fiction covers
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| (Courtesy of Luís Miguel Queirós) |
My first search turned up a colorful blog post from Cullen Gallagher, a fellow Noircon attendee who is not from Portugal but who did post some eye-catching covers of American, English, and other European crime novels translated into Portuguese. The covers are courtesy of an acquaintance of Cullen's who also supplies background about their creator and publication history.
One of the covers illustrates this post. See the rest over at Cullen's Pulp Serenade.
© Peter Rozovsky 2011
Labels: covers, Cullen Gallagher, Portugal
posted by Peter Rozovsky at 3:59 PM
21 Comments:
Bon voyage, Peter, Have a fun and safe trip.
Oh, wow! Lucky dog. Have fun!
The covers are nice. It does make a change from tghe eternal nightime photographs of people walking away from the camera.
Thanks, Dana. With blessings from nosso senhor do bonfim, I shall try for a safe, pleasant trip.
Thanks, I.J. That cover designer knew and loved his cubists and his surrealists, that's for sure. The cover I chose is attractive on its own and also thematically well suited to a murder mystery. It's unsettling but also a bit mischievous and fun, as a good mystery ought to be, I think.
Great covers.
Have a great trip, and I hope you track down some interesting crime writers!
Thanks. I don't know of any crime writers in Portugal, but I could find out. I've written to the source of Cullen's ccvers and if we can arrange a meeting, I'll ask all about what the Portuguese populace reads and writes in crime fiction. He lives in Porto, so even if I find no noir, I may sample some good port.
Sounds like it will be good trip in any case.
I think so. I plan some archarological tourism, notable at the Foz Coa archaeological park, which is relatively newly discoveed. What it looks like, in essence, is the caves at Lascaux and Altamira, except above ground and sprawling over acres. Lots of Neolithic stone monuments, too, and at least traces of the many peoples who have passed through, including Celts.
Take some pictures if you can.
I bought a memory card for my camera today!
Just don't forget to pack it!
Or, uh, load it.
I agree it would be a hell of a thing to forget one’s memory card. But I have loaded it already. Now all I have to do is not forget to pack the camera.
There's always something.
Camera, batteries, and charger packed?
Check.
Adapter for European plugs packed?
Of course bloody not. Naturally I can't find it, so of course I'll have to buy a new one.
That cover is fantastic! Wish more were around like that ... real artwork, not just a fancy font on a blank page, an inappropriate photograph or too-busy design.
Have a good time in Portugal, what seems like one of the most beautiful countries in the world. I'm sure the coast is majestic.
Have heard the paella is great.
Also, I don't know of Portuguese crime fiction writers, but somewhat relevant is The Missing Head of Damasceno Monteiro.
This excellent book is by Antonio Tabucchi, and is set in Portugal. It's based on a real crime there, which Tabucchi researched.
Tabucchi lives part of the year in Portugal.
I'll have to see if train or bus routes will take me along the coast. My itinerary will likely take me from Lisbon to Porto. If I look to my left, I should be able to see the water.
And thanks for that recommendation. I'll look for it first chance I get.
Way off topic, although not for this blog, you might want to go on over to Bookwitch's place and watch the little video she's showing there.
Fans of Detectives Without Borders will appreciate it.
I loved the closing credits!
Yes, although they were, well, a bit repetitive...
Those Swedes and Danes are resourceful people. They can do so much with just three names, two dots, and a few slashes.
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THE DEVIL'S AUDITOR
Previews are available on Amazon and Smashwords or Google the title.
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