Macmillan Caribbean Writers: Such As I Have

Headly is the cream. And he knows it. He's the most gifted cricketer on the Slygoville team, the most sought-after bachelor amongst the village girls, popular with the men and a hero to the boys. He can eat at any table in the village, sleep in any bed. So what can explain his growing obsession with a girl he once scorned, the daughter of the village pariah, the obeahwarning woman? And why does this strange girl Pam resist his advances? What is the mystery in her life?