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March 16, 2023 Interview The Red Dragon WomanInterview for Sábado Portugal, October 2022 Your new novel takes place in locations like Amritsar or the Chinese province of Xinjiang. How did your attention originally turn to this part... -
March 14, 2023 Review The Last Secret Diário de NotíciasDiário de Notícias Portugal “Fiction and reality blend beautifully in José Rodrigues dos Santos’ latest book, The Last Secret. Is this really a book? It’s perhaps better to call it a... -
March 14, 2023 Review Vaticanum Flauto di PanFlauto di Pan Italy "Although there are already many thrillers set in the Vatican, this one by José Rodrigues dos Santos comes across as something absolutely different. What differentiates it... -
March 14, 2023 Review The Birkenau Scrolls Madalena BarataMadalena Barata, vice-president Luso Portuguese Association for Israel Luso Portuguese Association for Israel “It seems fiction has found a new subject: The Holocaust. I, like many people, and even the author... -
March 14, 2023 Review The Birkenau Scrolls Rabbi Shlomo PereiraRabbi Shlomo Pereira, director of Education at the Chabad, USA, and teacher of history, philosophy and canonic law Education at the Chabad, USA “My first worry when I was given... -
March 14, 2023 Review The Magician of Auschwitz Madalena BarataMadalena Barata, vice-president Luso Portuguese Association for Israel Luso Portuguese Association for Israel “It seems fiction has found a new subject: The Holocaust. I, like many people, and even the author...
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March 14, 2023 Review The Magician of Auschwitz Rabbi Shlomo PereiraRabbi Shlomo Pereira, director of Education at the Chabad, USA, and teacher of history, philosophy and canonic law Education at the Chabad, USA “My first worry when I was given...
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March 13, 2023 Review A Millionaire in Lisbon Jornal de Letras, PortugalJornal de Letras Portugal "José Rodrigues dos Santos is a master of classic suspense. His novels are paced and consistent, we almost see them as movies, filled with imagery and... -
March 13, 2023 Review The Man from Constantinople Jornal de Letras, PortugalJornal de Letras Portugal "José Rodrigues dos Santos is a master of classic suspense. His novels are paced and consistent, we almost see them as movies, filled with imagery and...
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March 13, 2023 Review The Wrath of God Jornal de Letras, PortugalJornal de Letras Portugal “Life in a Breath is a persistent and perverse hymn to the narrative. Destiny takes hold of the story and brings the characters to a dead-end. Even...
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March 13, 2023 Review The Seventh Seal Diário do Sul, PortugalDiário do Sul Portugal “Masterly using his experience as a journalist and reporter, José Rodrigues dos Santos fills his novels with novelesque creativity and sophisticated research of scientific and technical... -
March 13, 2023 Interview Codex 632Interview for Il Secolo XIX Italy, June 2007 The title of your book imitates "Il Codice da Vinci". Why?JRS: Actually, no. The original title of my novel is Codex 632.... -
March 13, 2023 Review The Captain’s Daughter Literaturzirkel BelletristikLiteraturzirkel Belletristik Germany “All women in my house – perhaps with the exception of female cats, and even of these I am not sure – reacted with a smile when... -
March 13, 2023 Review Codex 632Shelf Awareness, USA “Portugal is justly famous for many things - castles, beaches, Fatima, romantic language, exploration, fado music, cod, port, Christopher Columbus . . . back up. Christopher Columbus?... -
March 13, 2023 Review Codex 632 The Washington Post, USAShelf Awareness, USA “Portugal is justly famous for many things - castles, beaches, Fatima, romantic language, exploration, fado music, cod, port, Christopher Columbus . . . back up. Christopher Columbus?... -
September 14, 2020 Interview The Magician of AuschwitzInterview The Magician of Auschwitz for Sábado Portugal, September 2020 How did you develop the idea for this novel and how long did it take for you to write it? I... -
October 14, 2019 Interview The ImmortalInterview The Immortal for Diário de Notícias Portugal, October 2019 This book, Immortal, reminds us of the science-fiction from the 1960s. Is that why you warn your readers from the outset... -
October 14, 2018 Interview The Governor’s LoverInterview The Governor's Lover for Ponto Final Macau, October 2018 The years you lived in Macau were enough to get the background of the book (names, places, Cantonese dialogues) or did... -
October 19, 2017 Interview Signal of LifeInterviews Signal of Life for Visão Portugal, 19th October 2017 It was only in your 18th novel that you reached outer space. Why had you not broached the subject before, considering your... -
October 8, 2016 Interview VaticanumInterview Vaticanum for Diário de Notícias Portugal, 8th October 2016 The Vatican became the Paradise of thriller authors. Did you find it impossible to avoid such a subject?JRS – Not impossible,...
