Synopses & Reviews
A Brazilian
Lord of the Flies, about a gang of orphans and runaways who live by their wits and daring in the slums of Bahia,
Captains of the Sands is a favorite among Jorge Amado’s novels. 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, thisvivid portrait of a divided culture becomes a poignant, intensely moving drama of love and freedom.
About the Author
Jorge Amado (1912–2001) was born in the state of Bahia, Brazil, whose society he portrays in such acclaimed novels as
Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon and
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands. Gregory Rabassa is a National Book Award–winning translator whose English-language versions of works by Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Julio Cortázar have become classics in their own right. He lives in New York City.
Colm Tóibín is the bestselling author of numerous novels, including the Costa Award–winning Brooklyn and the Pulitzer Prize and Booker Prize finalist The Master.