THE MAN IN THE IVORY TUB

In THE MAN IN THE IVORY TENTROOM, the author brings together the best chronicles published on the AOL website. In accounts of his daily life and the country's daily life, Mirisola isn't afraid to expose himself or criticize renowned names in Brazilian music and literature. He plays with some of the man's obsessions and transforms himself into the mocking narrator we're used to seeing in his work. The Mirisola in this collection is more exposed than the Mirisola the novelist. Here, in THE MAN IN THE IVORY TENTROOM, we have Mirisola the essayist, politician, brat, troublemaker, and the romantic Mirisola, in love with women and friends. Likewise, we have Mirisola, voracious and merciless toward his enemies. We have all the Mirisolas. Especially the arbitrary one—as he himself makes clear—and partial. Because "the impartial is a scoundrel."