This novel by Moacyr Scliar won the Brasí lia Prize in 1977, awarded by the Cultural Foundation of the Federal District for unpublished works of fiction.
Internationally known and acclaimed as the author of The Centaur in the Garden, one of the 100 Greatest Works of Modern Jewish Literature written in the last two hundred years, Moacyr Scliar embarks here on a novel based on modern Brazilian political history. He constructs his narrative around the last days of August in the tumultuous year of 1961, immediately after the resignation of Jânio Quadros – when João Goulart, supported by Brizola, assumed the Office of President of the Republic in a climate of uncertainty and threats.
With its nerve-wracking and suspenseful narrative, this book holds readers’ attention until its very last lines. The journey of a man from a traditional family from the pampas of Rio Grande do Sul to the gutter of a street in Porto Alegre. From farmer’s son to beggar. A turbulent life, turbulent years, adventures, loves, heroism. Mad dog month is both a powerful work of fiction and a reflection on important times in Brazilian history.
