The Ballad of the Burglar of Babylon

The Ballad of the Burglar of Babylon

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Unpaginated. The ballad/poem story of a young man in Rio de Janeiro who decides to become a gangster, like those in the movies, and who would rather "settle for ninety hours" hunted by the police than the "ninety years they gave me." A dark tale with beautiful, unsettling illustrations. Poem by Elizabeth Bishop; woodcuts by Ann Grifalconi.