by Luis Fernando Verissimo · Plaza & Janés. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788401328749
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«El club de los ángeles» is the novel by Luis Fernando Verissimo, published in 2001 by Plaza & Janés in paperback (154 pages, in Spanish).
A group of gourmets meets in a secret club to worship fine dining. Amid banquets and excess, the novel explores gluttony as a human vice and the pursuit of pleasure over reason, with black humor, moral dilemmas and unexpected outcomes.
Novel translated from Portuguese by Juan Carlos Gentile Vitale; the original title is «O clube dos anjos».
For readers of contemporary fiction who appreciate black humor and stories centered on gastronomy and excess.
Luís Fernando Verissimo was a Brazilian writer. Verissimo was the son of Brazilian writer Érico Verissimo and lived with his father in the United States during his childhood. Best known for his crônicas and texts of humor, more precisely satire of manners, published daily in several Brazilian newspapers, Verissimo was also a cartoonist, translator, and television writer, playwright and novelist. He has also been advertising and newspaper copy desk. He was also a musician, having played saxophone in a few sets. With over 60 published titles, he was one of the most popular contemporary Brazilian writers.
