Leandro Narloch (born 1978) is a Brazilian journalist and writer. He worked as a reporter at '' Veja'' magazine and as an editor at ''Aventuras na História'' and ''

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'' magazines, all published by

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. He became notorious in 2009, when he published his controversial debut book ''Guia Politicamente Incorreto da História do Brasil'' (can be translated as Politically Incorrect Guide to the History of Brazil), a work in which he tries to tear down supposed misconceptions built around important people and events of Brazilian history. The book became a

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in Brazil. In 2011, Narloch released the sequel for his first book, ''Guia Politicamente Incorreto da América Latina'' (Politically Incorrect Guide to Latin America), in which Leandro adopts the same line of work, only this time focusing in the

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in general. In August 2013, he released the third book of the series, ''Guia Politicamente Incorreto da História do Mundo'', which covers

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1978 births Living people Brazilian journalists People from Curitiba Brazilian non-fiction writers Federal University of Paraná alumni Brazilian anti-communists {{Brazil-writer-stub