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John Gledson (born in Beadnell, Northumberland, England, in 1945) is a retired professor of Brazilian Studies at the University of Liverpool. He is also one the most renowned specialists in the work of Brazilian writer Machado de Assis. He has published three books on Machado in Brazil: Machado de Assis: ficção e história (Paz e Terra, 1986), Machado de Assis: impostura e realismo (Companhia das Letras, 2005) and Por um novo Machado de Assis (Companhia das Letras, 2006).
