O fascínio

"Detective story with all necessary components - crime, blood, and sheriff - with homosexuals and prostitutes as victims. Aspects of the history of Rio Grande do Sul are intertwined with legends involving elements of a supposed after-life existence. Author's oeuvre includes novels better structured and formulated than present one, which seems to be written for a harried reader in search of some thrilling novelties"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.