Warning to the Crocodiles

Set in the aftermath of the Carnation Revolution of April 25, 1974, Antonio Lobo Antuness Warning to the Crocodiles is a fragmented narrative of the violent tensions resulting from major political changes in Portugal.Told through the memories of four women who spend their days fashioning homemade explosives and participating in the kidnap and torture of communists, the novel details the clandestine activities of an extreme right-wing Salazarist faction resisting the countrys new embrace of democracy.Warning to the Crocodileshas won numerous awards, includingBest Novel by the Portuguese Writers Association and the Austrian State Literature Prize.