"In February 2006, the Porto Fire Brigade rescued a body with marks of aggression and naked from the waist down from the well of an abandoned building. The victim, who was ill and had taken refuge in the basement, had been beaten over several days by a group of teenagers, some of whom were as young as twelve.
Rafa had found the place on one of his usual forays into the "dirty areas", and that kind of tent immediately piqued his interest.
Then, torn between attraction and repulsion, he wondered if he should keep the secret to himself or share it with his friends. But what value is there in a treasure that cannot be shown?
A dizzying novel about a true case that shook the country, a fascinating incursion into the lives of a victim and his aggressors, Pão de Açúcar is a masterful combination of fact and fiction, with real and imaginary characters meticulously drawn, which confirms the talent and literary maturity of Afonso Reis Cabral."
