Lima Barreto versus Coelho Neto - A literary Fla-Flu

On the field, lined up for a classic football match, are chronicles, articles, and short stories. In the crowd are fanatical readers, both Flamengo and Tricolor fans, thirsty for the goal. Leading the teams are two top-notch managers, two geniuses of Brazilian literature. Ah, the referee? Never mind... Coelho Neto is the top dog by choice. Lima Barreto is the anti-top dog by definition. The virile exchanges between the two behind the scenes—that is, in the press—set the tone for this veritable battle for the Jules Rimet of intellectualism, complete with expulsions, irony, and plenty of humor. In this book, or rather, in this sacred temple of literature, is it possible to say there's a favorite scratch?