Since the arrival of Gringa, everything has been going wrong. Maria Aparecida, the queen of the slums, has disappeared, one-eyed Tonio has stopped singing, Ze and Manuel are fevverish, and Mama Lourdes, the clairvoyant, can only predict bad news. The area is dying."
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