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Brazilian bestseller The Secret Dinner by Raphael Montes is on its way to the states

The book, which has already been optioned for film in Brazil, follows four friends who start an illegal business to make rent

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Raphael Montes is a viral social media sensation in his native Brazil, and his latest book The Secret Dinner , rocketed onto the bestseller list there when first published. Now, it's coming to U.S. bookshelves for the first time and PEOPLE has a first taste.

In The Secret Dinner , out this summer from Celadon Books, four childhood friends with a hunger for city life swap rural Brazil for an apartment in Copacabana, Rio. But when Dante, Leitão, Miguel and Hugo's rent skyrockets, they need to make money and fast.

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