Books recommended by Marcelo Freixo

Marcelo Freixo is a history professor and politician from Rio de Janeiro. As a state representative in Rio de Janeiro, he chaired the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry into Militias, work that marked his public career; he later became a federal representative and headed Embratur. His public reading recommendations revolve around urban Brazil and its violence: República das Milícias, by Bruno Paes Manso, Povo de Deus, by Juliano Spyer, and A Máquina do Ódio, by Patrícia Campos Mello — reporting and research to understand the country from within.