{"product_id":"captains-of-the-sands-penguin-classics-9780143106357","title":"Captains of the Sands Penguin Classics","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Brazilian \u003ci\u003eLord of the Flies\u003c\/i\u003e, about a group of boys who live by their wits and daring in the slums of Bahia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Penguin Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThey 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 fifteen-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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCaptains of the Sands\u003c\/i\u003e captures the rich culture, vivid emotions, and wild landscape of Bahia with penetrating authenticity and brilliantly displays the genius of Brazil’s \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“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.” —\u003cb\u003eColm Tóibín, from the Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Indispensable . . . if you want to feel the intensity of life on the streets of Salvador.” —\u003cb\u003eItamar Vieira Junior, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Amado is Brazil's most illustrious and venerable novelist.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Brazil’s leading man of letters . . .  Amado is adored around the world!” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732520644951,"sku":"9780143106357","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780143106357.jpg?v=1719997245","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/captains-of-the-sands-penguin-classics-9780143106357","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}