City of God meets Kevin Smith's Clerks, Os Supridores is a debut novel set in the favelas of Brazil about two supermarket stock clerks whose lives are upturned when their small-time marijuana business takes off.A modern-day Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, Pedro and Marques stumble through their days in their rough and rundown favela unloading trucks, restocking shelves, and dreaming of a better life; of breaking the cycle of poverty that has afflicted their families and their community. Well-acquainted with the drug dealers in their neighborhood, and seeing an opportunity to earn a little extra cash, they decide to join the drug trade. Surprisingly, the two men quickly build a thriving enterprise - but trouble ensues.A witty, voice-driven, and electrifying portrait of poverty; a canny examination of the ethics of drug dealing and low-wage labor in the underbelly of Brazil; and a vivid satire on social mobility, Os Supridores is a contemporary picaresque novel of class and crime.