A Balada de Praia do Cães

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Ballad of Dog's Beach
Author José Cardoso Pires
Original title A Balada da Praia dos Cães
Translator Mary Fitton
Country Portugal
Language Portuguese
Genre(s) Political novel
Publisher Edicoes O Jornal
Publication date 1982
Published in
English
1986
Media type Print (Paperback)
ISBN NA
Followed by Alexandra Alpha

Ballad of Dog's Beach (in original Portuguese A Balada da Praia dos Cães) is a fiction novel relating the investigation into the murder of a political dissident, taking place around 1961. The novel is largely based on contemporary reports of a real murder that took place.