The ballad of the burglar of Babylon.
By: Woodcuts by Ann Grifalconi.
Contributors: Grifalconi, Ann, illus.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Published: 1968
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 43
Subjects: Robbers and outlaws -- Poetry.; Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) -- Poetry.
Description: A ballad, based on an actual incident, in which an escaped convict, preferring ninety hours of being pursued to ninety years in prison, is hunted down by army soldiers near the Rio de Janeiro slum where he was raised.