Captains of the Sands

Author: Jorge Amado
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 014310635X

Captains of the Sands (Penguin Classics)

A Brazilian Lord of the Flies, about a group of boys who live by their wits and daring in the slums of BahiaAThey 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. Get Captains of the Sands literature books for free.
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.ACaptains of the Sands captures the rich culture, vivi Check Captains of the Sands our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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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 ACaptains of the Sands captures the rich culture, vivi

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