Tags: Novel.
The Taker and Other Stories by Rubem Fonseca is a collection of short crime fiction stories set in Brazil. The stories have a wide range in page length and in severity of crimes but all follow themes of class inequality justice and entitlement. For instance in the story of The Taker the main character feels entitled to everything. He feels that those in society who have something he doesn’t owe him that thing. So he takes it.