Over fifty years after its first publication, the multimillion-copy international bestseller is available in paperback again, sharing the heartbreaking tale of a gifted, mischievous, direly misunderstood boy growing up in Rio de Janeiro.

This world classic of children's literature is now available in English again. Zezé wants to grow up to be a poet with a bow-tie but for now entertains himself with pranks against the residents of his poor Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood, until a friendship changes his life.