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AUGUSTOWN
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| By: |
Kei Miller |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£9.99 |
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£7.29 |
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£2.70 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1474603610 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781474603614 |
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| Publisher: |
ORION PUBLISHING CO |
| Pub. date: |
11 May, 2017 |
| Pages: |
256 |
| Description: |
'Richly nuanced and empathetic . . . a vivid modern fable' GuardianFrom the winner of the Forward Prize, a magical and haunting novel set in the underbelly of Jamaica. |
| Synopsis: |
WINNER OF THE OCM BOCAS PRIZE FOR CARIBBEAN LITERATURESHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE AND THE GREEN CARNATION PRIZEOne April day in Augustown, Jamaica. Ma Taffy, old and blind, sits in her usual spot on the veranda. No matter how the world tilts around her, come hurricane or riot, she knows everything that goes on in this small community. Which is why, when her six-year-old nephew returns home from school with his dreadlocks shorn, she realises that trouble won't be far behind. And so she tells him the story of Alexander Bedward, the flying preacherman. She remembers what happened to the Rastaman and his helper, Bongo Moody; she thinks of Soft-Paw, the leader of the Angola gang, and what lies beneath her house. For trouble is brewing once more among the ramshackle lanes of Augustown, and as Ma Taffy knows, each day contains much more than its own hours, or minutes, or seconds. In fact, each day contains all of history... |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Prizes: |
Short-listed for Ondaatje Prize 2017
Short-listed for Green Carnation Prize 2016 |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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