The Day I Killed My Father - Tapa blanda

'... absorbing and at times quite funny, and it left me feeling decidedly spooked.' -- Richard King Australian Literary Review 'Mario Sabino handles his subject with humour and imagination.' Epoca 'I couldn't put the book down. Chilling and sad, even on the same page, this book is one of the best I have read for a long time.' -- Scott Noble Readings newsletter 'This Brazilian bestseller by Mario Sabino, is both charming and chilling ... An impressive debut from one of Brazil's most exciting novelists.' Remix ' ... a striking first novel.' The Age 'Intellectual, compelling and darkly humourous, the reader is driven to the conclusion with voyeuristic horror.' The Dominion Post Weekend 'Mario Sabino's book, it is worth stressing, flows and is fun to read. There is nothing 'difficult' here - rather there is much food for thought.' Veja 'Mario Sabino has not sought to comfort. With courage, with malice, with humour he prefers to perturb, dismantling everything that our intelligence has conceived in the frustrated attempt to give a little order and sense to reality.' -- Diogo Mainardi

'The day I killed my father was a bright day, although the light was hazy, without shadows or contours.' So begins the unforgettable debut of Mario Sabino: a work of suspense, tragedy, and profound reflections on the human soul that marks him as one of Brazil's most exciting novelists. In charming and chilling prose, Sabino draws the reader directly into the mind of a man who has committed patricide. This bold and stark book draws on complex themes of religion, philosophy, and literature in seeking to understand the nature of evil. Part psychological thriller, part intellectual puzzle, The Day I Killed My Father plays on some of humankind's most profound archetypes and fables, all the while lulling the reader with the brilliance of its voice.