RUBEM FONSECA, winner of the Prémio Camões (2003), the most prestigious literary prize for Portuguese language literature, the FIL Guadalajara prize (2003), and the inaugural Iberoamericano Manuel Rojas prize (2012)--is one of Brazil's most distinguished contemporary authors. His critically-acclaimed novel Crimes of August is forthcoming from Tagus Press. CLIFFORD E. LANDERS has translated fifteen novels from the Portuguese.