Horacio da Silveira and Sinhô Badaró (*) contest a stretch of forest concealing fertile cacao-growing soil in a novel by this author.
In a novel by this author, three sisters are repeatedly described as having lost the boss's cedarwood bed, the overseer's iron bed, and the worker's cowhide bed, ending up at a whorehouse. One of his title characters defies societal expectations of newly married women by dancing barefoot at a Christmas parade. After a mob torches a registry office to destroy a copy of an old survey, one of this author's characters simply hires a gambler to conduct a new survey. Horacio da Silveira and Sinhô Badaró (*) contest a stretch of forest concealing fertile cacao-growing soil in a novel by this author. The wealthy businessman Mundinho Falcão seeks to modernize Ilheus in a novel by this author, in which the Syrian-born bar owner Nacib Saad begins an affair with his new chef. For 10 points, name this author whose novels The Violent Land and Gabriela, Clove, and Cinnamon profile the history of northeast Brazil.
In a novel by this author, three sisters are repeatedly described as having lost the boss's cedarwood bed, the overseer's iron bed, and the worker's cowhide bed, ending up at a whorehouse.
Jorge Amado [or Jorge Leal Amado de Faria]