Beef, bible and bullets explains the rise to power of a maverick right-wing populist in Latin America's largest economy. The book describes how the country's worst ever recession, growing criminal violence and an unparalleled corruption scandal paved the way for the unexpected victory of an extremist political outsider. It also analyses how backing from rapidly expanding evangelical churches, wealthy agribusiness groups and a powerful security establishment – the so-called bible, beef and bullets loBB Hardbackies – has brought to office the Brazil's most conservative government since the 1970s.

牛肉、圣经和子弹》解释了一个特立独行的右翼民粹主义者在拉丁美洲最大经济体的崛起。该书描述了该国有史以来最严重的经济衰退、日益严重的犯罪暴力和无与伦比的腐败丑闻是如何为一个极端主义的政治局外人的意外胜利铺平道路。该书还分析了来自迅速扩张的福音派教会、富有的农业综合企业集团和强大的安全机构--所谓的圣经、牛肉和子弹loBB Hardbackies--的支持如何使巴西自20世纪70年代以来最保守的政府上台。