Captains of the Sands

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A favorite among Jorge Amado's novels- a Brazilian Lord of the Flies, about a gang of orphans and runaways who live by their wits and daring. In the squalid shantytowns and seedy back alleys of Bahia on the coast of Brazil, the Captains of the Sands are kings. The boys - including the leader, fifteen-year-old 'Bullet'; the crafty liar, 'Legless'; the intellectual 'Professor'; and the sexually precocious 'Cat' - dodge and dupe the rich and privileged of Brazil. But when a public outcry demands their capture, this vivid portrait of a divided culture becomes a poignant, intensely moving drama of love and freedom. 'Amado was writing to save his country's soul . . . The scenes where the Captains of the Sands manage to fool the rich of the city and get away with it would have made Henry Fielding or Charles Dickens proud.' Colm Tibn, from the Introduction

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Amado was writing to save his countrys soul. . . . The scenes where the captains of the sands manage to fool the rich of the city and get away with it would have made Henry Fielding or Charles Dickens proud. Colm Tibn, from the Introduction

Indispensable . . . if you want to feel the intensity of life on the streets of Salvador. Itamar Vieira Junior, The New York Times

"Amado is Brazil's most illustrious and venerable novelist."The New York Times

Brazils leading man of letters . . . Amado is adored around the world! Newsweek

Author Bio

Jorge Amado was one of the greatest Brazilian writers of the twentieth century. His twenty-one novels are distinguished by a passionate concern for social justice and a tender but exuberant vision of the comedy of life. They have been translated into forty-six languages and published in sixty countries. He died in August 2001, aged 88.