Shepherds Of The Night

A big, brawling novel of waterfront life in Bahia, packed with cardsharpers, prostitutes, pimps, drunks and homeless Don Juans and Messalinas. It tells three interlinked and cumulating stories - about a marriage, a christening and a siege.

The things that happen in Shepherds of the Night are bound to happen once the cleverest of the Don Juans marries an out-of-town prostitute and tires of her; once an unmarried mother insists on a church christening for her fatherless child; and once a group of homeless Bahians erect their shacks on private property.

Not only is Jorge Amado oneo f the greatest writers[...] he's also one of the most entertaining

Mario Vargas Llosa

About Jorge Amado

Details
  • Imprint: Harvill Press
  • ISBN: 9781846559761
  • Length: 384 pages
  • Dimensions: 216mm x 27mm x 135mm
  • Weight: 405g
  • Price: £15.99