When my sister gave me Elite Squad 2, I took a month to begin because I thought I should have read / seen (?) Elite Squad 1. And the favelas, frankly c is far from me. But I got into a very cold night, quite by chance, and am no longer stopped me. The heroine of TE2 is violence. Again you will say. Yes, but. The peculiarity of this violence is that we can not stand her. When I say "we", I mean we readers but above them, Brazilians, citizens, judges, police and politicians. Subjected to violence and that's it. Because it is perpetrated by the very people who are supposed to fight: the police. Who to call when his son was being tortured and we know that those who are décrocheront colleagues executioners? When we know that they have infiltrated all the powers and against powers. That judges will deliver their release. A nightmare that saw Rio de Janeiro, for real. Fortunately TE2 testimonies are told by glimmers of hope. Police and politicians who resist the militias. The reader I felt completely helpless too. What can I do? Tweet Elite Squad 2, the liker? comment on Amazon? At least that's done.
And if your consciences do not want that kind of burden, you'll just read a fascinating book, well written, well-turned, different and very modern. How to say ... it was worse.
