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Summary: High Art, not like Exposure
Comment: I enjoyed the 1991 movie Exposure, ( http://www.amazon.com/Exposure-Peter-Coyote/dp/078310135X ) so I thought I would also enjoy High Art, the novel on which the film is based. Both book and film are set in Brazil and tell a story of revenge in the underworld of that country. However, where Exposure kept the plot moving quickly along (and had some good fight scenes for martial arts fans), the plot of the book plods slowly along, giving out pertinent details only reluctantly, in small doses, while its author tells a narcissistic and pornographic soap opera. Much better reading can be found on my Books for Guys list at: http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/listmania/fullview/R3A2ZOJIC3IOSA/ref=cm_pdp_lm_title Exposure
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Summary: A masterpiece
Comment: Violent and realistic, it's a true classic. If you liked the movie, you must get the book, it's much denser and better elaborated.
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Summary: i saw the movie first - exposed, an hbo release.
Comment: This is r.f.'s first book. the high art refers to the knife fighting skills acquired by the protaganist. High Art is similiar to the forbidden book (us) Hit Man, in describing in detail methods used to kill . it is a forbiden subject = all the more fascinating.
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Summary: A master-piece of one of the greatest brazilian writers
Comment: If you want to know the "high art" of Rubem Fonseca, you should read this novel first. The master of short stories is in your best shape telling the story of the lawyer/ detective Mandrake that's initially hired to find out a VCR tape and finishes to get involved with a serial killer that mark the "P" letter in the face of your victims and with a international criminal organization with headquarters in the city of Rio de Janeiro
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