Brazilian thriller from 2016, first published in English by Celadon in August 2026. Four childhood friends leave rural Brazil for a shared apartment in Copacabana — students working part-time jobs, chasing the city and a future. When the rent jumps beyond what they can cover, they hit on a scheme to keep the place, and get pulled into a circuit of private dinner parties staged for wealthy Rio clients with very particular appetites. Satire of hustle culture as much as horror, and reviewers are open about the cannibalism premise, so it’s not a hidden turn — it’s the engine.
The Secret Dinner