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Original title O Vencedor está Só Publication date 2008 Originally published 2008 Genre Novel Country Brazil | 3.4/5 Goodreads Language Portuguese ISBN 978-0-00-731868-1 Translator Margaret Jull Costa Followed by Aleph | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Media type Print (hardcover, paperback) Pages 375 pp (paperback edition) Similar Works by Paulo Coelho, Novels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Winner Stands Alone is a novel by Paulo Coelho, first published in 2008. The book was first published in Portuguese under the title O Vencedor está Só. It is the thirteenth major book by Coelho. The book is roughly based upon the growing rise of what the author calls The Superclass.
Plot summary
The book loosely tells the story of several individuals: Igor, a Russian millionaire; Hamid, a Middle Eastern fashion magnate; American actress Gabriela, eager to land a leading role; ambitious criminal detective Savoy, hoping to resolve the case of his life; and Jasmine, a woman on the brink of a successful modeling career. Set at the Cannes Film Festival, the tale narrates the epic drama and tension between the characters in a 24-hour period. Igor, a man of extraordinary intelligence, has promised himself to destroy worlds to get his beloved wife Ewa, who left him for a successful designer, Hamid.