Antonio Carioca

Fantastic introduction to the mind of an incredible man. Obviously a genius, with outstanding achievments in the world of physics (think project Manhattan) and yet laid back and quirky as fuck (look up him playing “Orange Juice” on youtube - you'd think he belongs in Asylum).

Of particular interest is the fact he spent some time at UFRJ, a university I went to for a while as well. His take on it couldn't be more accurate, that Brazilians were not taught to think, they were taught to remember facts. Sad, and a trait that I see in many countries far and wide.

(Just thought of his experiments with ants! In fact, I always think of it!)

Reads like a conversation, like having a beer with the most interesting person you've ever met.

Absolute classic. As many other of his books, hilariously quoted by both the left and the right pointing fingers at each other.

Hardly a month goes by that I don't mention a scene or another from this book / radio drama.

THE book!

Delusional, at the very least.

Suggested by Azra (lawyer at The Hague)