Cybernetic Jungle

Lewitt, S. N. [Shariann]. Cybernetic Jungle. New York: Ace, 1992.

Cyberpunk novel set in Brazil, similar in some ways to W. Gibson's Neuromancer series: with the "Wave" substituting for cyberspace, Yoruba gods for voodoo gods, the oligarchy of the fazenda families for the zaibatzu and the Yakuza, and the favela tribes of Brasilia for the denizens of the Sprawl. Sets up the possibility of serious radical politics but doesn't develop them. (RDE, 10/01/93)