August 1938. A tragic moment in the history of Europe, against the background of Salazarism Portuguese, Italian Fascism and the Spanish Civil War, in the story of Pereira, a witness precisely recalling the crucial month of his life. Who collects the testimony of Pereira, drawn up with the compelling logic of the chapters of the novel, impeccably opened and closed by the formula in the minutes that comprises Title: Pereira? This is not said, but Pereira, an old journalist responsible for the cultural page of "Lisboa" (mediocre afternoon newspaper) fascinates the reader by his contradictions and his way of "not" to be a her