O Grande Mentecapto by Fernando Sabino

A comic and bittersweet picaresque that follows the life and wanderings of a seemingly foolish but deeply humane man whose naïveté and candid view of the world turn routine encounters into moral and philosophical episodes; through a series of travels, misadventures and unlikely friendships, the narrative uses humor, satire and tenderness to expose social hypocrisies, celebrate small acts of decency, and reveal an unexpected wisdom beneath the protagonist’s apparent madness.