Reminiscences of the square sun

MEMORIES OF THE DICTATORSHIP AND MÁRIO LAGO'S YEARS OF DETENTION With a sense of humor and irony, Mário Lago seeks to recover some lesser-known aspects of the strange coexistence between ideology and daily life in Brazil. He recounts episodes of his life in prison since 1964, when he was detained, and his interactions with the guards and other inmates. Thanks to his keen powers of observation, the author offers a politically committed—but not schematic—analysis of the ideology prevailing during the dictatorship. • Lago was imprisoned in 1932, 1937, 1942, 1948, 1949, 1964, and 1968. • The book completes the author's "trilogy" of memoirs, composed of Bagaço de beira de estrada and Na rolândia do tempo (In the Roll of Time). • An extremely relevant topic in 2014, the 50th anniversary of the Military Coup.