Patience of a Saint by Andrew M Greeley. 1st 1987. H/C with jacket. 446 pp.

A hard-drinking, hard-hitting investigative journalist set himself the mission to destroy a robber baron and corrupt civic leader. His researches take him to the tropical swamps of Brazil to interview a cold-eyed madam who sacrifices teenage girls to rich men's twisted lusts.

First published 1987 by Macdonald, London and Sydney. Condition: Good.