The ballad of the burglar of Babylon
Elizabeth Bishop
The ballad of the burglar of Babylon
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.
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