What does Brazils lurch to the hard right under Jair Bolsonaro portend for Latin Americas most populous society, and how has it come about? n n Perry Anderson, foremost observer of the Brazilian scene in the English-speaking world, offers a matchless account of the countrys recent political upheavals: after the dashed hopes of the Cardoso years, the soaring popularity of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva; the parliamentary coup detat against his successor, Dilma; and the sweeping election victory of Bolsonaro, backed by the Armed Forces and a youthful new right. n n Always something of a world unto itself, under the Workers Party, Brazil had bucked the global trend towards a tighter neoliberalism. With its lodestar, Lula, now behind bars, a weighing up of the PTs legacy, and of the contrasting Bolsonaro regime, is urgently needed. n