014310635X 
Paperback Captains of the sands / Jorge Amado ; translated by Gregory Rabassa ; introduction by Colm Toibin.
Publication year: 2013
Language: English, Portuguese
Media type Paperback
Resource type: Physical
ISBN: 9780143106357 (pbk.) :
Notes:
Translated from Portuguese.
Original title: Capitäes da areia. English
Extent: 288 pages
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Description:
They call themselves 'Captains of the Sands,' a gang of orphans and runaways who live by their wits and daring in the torrid slums and sleazy back alleys of Bahia. Led by 15-year-old 'Bullet,' the band-including a crafty liar named 'Legless,' the intellectual 'Professor,' and the sexually precocious 'Cat'-pulls off heists and escapades against the right and privileged of Brazil. But when a public outcry demands the capture of the 'little criminals,' the fate of these children becomes a poignant, intensely moving drama of love and freedom in a shackled land.
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