UPDATE: You can now order this book by clicking through on the link below!
A few months ago a Brazilian blogger Raquel Pacheco landed a blook deal. It is the latest runaway best-seller in Brazil and is an autobiography of a young prostitute, a.k.a. Bruna the Surfer Girl.
The blook is called The Sweet Venom of the Scorpion: The Diary of a Call Girl and it’s selling well:
“In just over a month, it has sold some 30,000 copies and is already in its third edition — a huge success in a country where only a fraction of the population reads books. It also ranks third on Brazil’s bestseller list for nonfiction books, neck and neck with international hits like “Freakonomics” by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner.” (Reuters)
March 31, 2006 at 7:51 pm
I’ve been trying to find out how to purchase one of Brazils best sellers it is titled “The sweet venom of the scorpion:The dairy of a call girl” by Raquel Pacheco, I cant find it here in the us can you help me?
April 26, 2006 at 3:32 pm
You can by it in our site. But it’s in portuguese.
http://www.pandabooks.com.br
April 26, 2006 at 3:35 pm
Thanks Juliana:
I've had a few emails asking this same question but I didn't have any luck tracking it down.
Gotta love blogs! Could you provide a direct link to the product page?
April 27, 2006 at 11:29 am
I’ve used google translate to email a portuguese request to the website mentioned above for a direct link to the product in question. I will post more when I hear back from them.
Many thanks to everyone who has visited my site!
April 27, 2006 at 4:12 pm
Is there an english translation?
April 27, 2006 at 7:19 pm
very interested in a copy in english… how would we get a hold of it?
April 27, 2006 at 7:41 pm
Hello everyone. I am a Portuguese speaker and have also made a request for information on an English version of the book. Will keep you posted should I receive an answer.
April 27, 2006 at 8:53 pm
hi guys I put a request in for the book in english ..it can only be found in portuguese.
April 28, 2006 at 6:59 am
please let me know if anyone manages to source this book in english! would love to get my hands on a copy. (great opportunity for translators eh?)
April 28, 2006 at 10:34 am
hi, am dying to lay my hands on a english version.
April 28, 2006 at 12:27 pm
Let’s keep working at it everyone…the power of the blogosphere won’t let us down!!
April 28, 2006 at 1:36 pm
Here is the latest– the book is not available in English yet. It just came out in Spanish.
April 28, 2006 at 5:23 pm
It’s not available yet, as Miguel said, but negotiations are already in place. I’m sure we’ll hear all about it when it comes out.
April 28, 2006 at 7:12 pm
Thanks
Could someone who has read it give us a review please?
In whatever language possible.
April 30, 2006 at 2:28 pm
What is the title in Spanish?
Where can one get a copy opf the Spanish translation?
April 30, 2006 at 5:14 pm
For those who have had difficulty finding this book, it’s published in both Portuguese and Spanish, but only the Portuguese version is available through Amazon.com. It’s correct title is “O Doce Veneno do Escorpiao”; there is a talk of doing an English translation, but it hasn’t been done yet. So if you don’t read either Portuguese or Spanish, you’re out of luck for now!
June 14, 2006 at 8:22 am
Just FYI… I just heard about this book yesterday, 6/13/06, on an interview on NPR…. it now might be available in English through their website.
June 14, 2006 at 3:18 pm
Thanks Missy – If you find it please let us know!
September 20, 2006 at 9:52 pm
check amazon.co.uk for english version of the ‘Scorpion’s Sweet Venom: Diary of a Brazilian Call Girl (Hardcover)’