'We're the minority,' says our narrator, 'but at least I say what I want.' All Dogs are Blue is an extraordinary autobiographical fiction that speaks of mental illness and its controversial treatment, revealing the illumi- nation of the ill in a troubled society.



All Dogs are Blue is a scurrilously funny tale of life in a Rio insane asylum. Its raw style and comic inventiveness signal a major voice in Brazilian literature. Sadly, the author died, aged 43, soon after it was published in 2008. An extraordinary autobiographical fiction that speaks of mental illness and its controversial treatment.