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The Last Enchantment
In this partly autobiographical novel, the death of Alphonso Tull heralds for his son, Ramsay, the beginning of a new Jamaica. His father has taught him 'always show respec' to …
Old Story Time
There have been many great and enduring works of literature by Caribbean authors over the last century. The Caribbean Contemporary Classics collection celebrates these deep and …
The Survivors of the Crossing
It is 1961 and a 'Labour' party rules the self-governing colony of Barbados, but the sugar estate workers wonder whether slavery has ever really ended. Austin C. Clarke's first …
Escape to Last Man Peak
There have been many great and enduring works of literature by Caribbean authors over the last century. The Caribbean Contemporary Classics collection celebrates these deep and …
While Gods are Falling
Walter Castle is festering with dissatisfactions in the Laventille slum in Port of Spain. As the prospect of promotion recedes and the threat of crime and lawless and rootless …
Nor Any Country
After years in Europe Peter returns unexpectedly to his West Indian home to renew contacts with people from his past.: former lovers, schoolmates, and teachers - his mother and the …
Shadows Move Among Them
When Gregory Hawke, a burnt-out case from the Spanish civil war, seeks refuge at the remote utopian commune his uncle, the Reverend Harmston, has set up among the local Amerindians …
Earthquake
Ricky Thomas, brother Doug and sister Polly spend their summer holidays in the coffee walk surrounding their grandparents' country home in Dallas, Jamaica. There they play games of …
Ascent to Omai
In Ascent to Omai time and space are truly elastic, so that events in recent time become part of remote geological time and the boundaries between events and remembering, …
The Hills Were Joyful Together
Bending and manipulating the linear narrative structures of conventional fiction, this stark and brutal novel--originally published in 1953--is a powerful reflection on colonial …
Green Days by the River
There have been many great and enduring works of literature by Caribbean authors over the last century. The Caribbean Contemporary Classics collection celebrates these deep and …
The Young Warriors
In 1735, five Maroon boys are ready to be initiated as warriors. They have prepared long and hard for this day, and must now pass a sequence of tests. How the boys approach …