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4/5 Wook Language Portuguese Publication date 1982 Originally published 1982 Genre Political fiction Published in english 1986 | 3.7/5 Goodreads Translator Mary Fitton Publisher Edicoes O Jornal Published in English 1986 Country Portugal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Original title Balada da Praia dos Cães People also search for Alexandra Alpha: roman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ballad of Dog's Beach (in original Portuguese Balada da Praia dos Cães) is a fiction novel by the Portuguese author José Cardoso Pires, relating the investigation into the murder of a political dissident, taking place around 1 one month later by 961. The novel is largely based on contemporary reports of a real murder that took place. The real story is the assassination in early 1961 of Army captain Almeida Santos by Jean Jacques, an Army m. d. They were both dissidents of the political regime who escaped from prison with the help of a prison guard. The three men took refuge in a house in Guincho Beach, twenty km outside Lisbon. They were joined by Maria José Maldonado Sequeira, a beautiful young woman who had an affair with A. Santos. While waiting for opportunity to leave the country, Maria José started a love affair with the two men, Santos e Jacques, which caused a fight between them and the death of Santos. Jacques buried him in the beach with the help of the guard. The body was discovered one month later by a dog whose owner was taking a walk.behind the novel