The Wreckers

" A devilishly picaresque excursion into the history and legacy of Portugal's African slave trade."-THE NEW YORK TIMES" Brilliant."-CRIME READSLisbon, 1954. In the Military History Archives, a mysterious figure steals the Final Will and Testament of Garoto Bárbaro de Castro-a list of thirteen bequests, and a record of Garoto's remarkable life story. It is also a window onto the many other lives connected to his, including that of the archival thief: his descendent, Nuno Bárbaro de Castro. After stealing Garoto's Final Will and Testament, Nuno Bárbaro de Castro-artifact hunter, grave robber, fake veterinarian, and agent of Angolan Independence-sets off to hunt the listed artifacts, while also collecting the distant relatives of those mentioned in the Will, even when they don't want to be collected... A rowdy, darkly funny, centuries-spanning revenge drama, The Wreckers moves between Portugal, Angola, Cuba, and Louisiana's 'Angola' prison to examine the scars of the transatlantic slave trade, and the consequences of prolonged civil war.