The searing novel on which the internationally acclaimed hit film was based, "City of God" is a gritty, gorgeous tour de force from one of Brazil s most notorious slums. Cidade de Deus: a place where the streets are awash with narcotics, where violence can erupt at any moment over drugs, money, and lovebut also a place where the samba beat rocks till dawn, where the women are the most beautiful on earth, and where one young man wants to escape his background and become a photographer. When "City of God" erupted on screens worldwide, it became one of the most critically and commercially...