O Terceiro Travesseiro covers the true story of a love triangle formed by three youths - two boys and a girl. It has been translated into 37 different languages.Ī film adaptation of O Terceiro Travesseiro was released in 2012. It was published originally in hardback in 1998, and was the biggest selling book of 2007. It is the first book of the O Terceiro Travesseiro series, and introduces sixteen-year-old Marcus, who falls in love with Renato. O Terceiro Travesseiro ( Portuguese pronunciation: ) is an erotic-adult gay- romance novel by author Nelson Luiz de Carvalho.