Mr Potter by Jamaica Kincaid - ISBN: 9781529076684
Paperback
An illiterate chauffeur’s vibrant Antiguan life: passion, struggle, and self-discovery.

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  • Paperback

    192 pages

  • Release Date

    14 January 2025

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Summary

‘Poetic and affecting’ - Robert Antoni, The Washington Post

The island of Antigua comes vibrantly to life under the gaze of Mr. Potter, an illiterate taxi chauffeur who makes his living along the roads that pass through the only towns he has ever seen and the graveyard where he will be buried. The sun shines squarely overhead, the ocean lies on every side, and suppressed passion fills the air. Ignoring the legacy of his father, a poor fisherman, and his mother, who took her own life, …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781529076684
ISBN-10:1529076684
Author:Jamaica Kincaid
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Imprint:Picador
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:192
Release Date:14 January 2025
Weight:140g
Dimensions:196mm x 131mm x 12mm
Series:Picador Collection
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Critics Review

What a writer – elegant, uncompromising, simultaneously direct and layered and complex. * Ali Smith *
‘Poetic and affecting’ – Robert Antoni, The Washington Post

About The Author

Jamaica Kincaid

Jamaica Kincaid was born in St. John’s, Antigua. Her books include At the Bottom of the River, Annie John, Lucy, The Autobiography of My Mother, and My Brother. She lives with her family in Vermont.

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