Summary
WINNER OF THE OCM BOCAS PRIZE FOR CARIBBEAN LITERATURE SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE, THE GREEN CARNATION PRIZE, and the HISTORICAL WRITERS AWARD
‘This is my ultimate beach read. It has an explosive beginning that draws in a reader in the best way, excellent storytelling, incredible prose. It will keep you absorbed until the sun goes down’ Reni Eddo-Lodge, author of Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781474603614 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1474603610 |
| Author: | Kei Miller |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 8 August 2017 |
| Weight: | 228g |
| Dimensions: | 195mm x 129mm x 19mm |
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Miller’s storytelling is superb, its power coming from the seamless melding of the magical and the everyday, which gives his novel a significant fabular quality - Sunday Times
Driven by atmosphere more than plot, the language is as clear as spring water - ObserverRichly nuanced and empathetic … a vivid modern fable - GuardianLike a wide-angled lens, Miller’s novel fits much into a small frame - Augustown itself, Rastafari, gang and police violence, religious opposition to colonial rule - but still gives an impression of space - Daily TelegraphA brilliant, textured read with the horrifying inevitability of a classical tragedy, but you can’t stop before the end - Irish ExaminerAbout The Author
Kei Miller
Kei Miller was born in Jamaica in 1978. He is the author of three novels, THE SAME EARTH, THE LAST WARNER WOMAN and AUGUSTOWN, several collections of poetry and a book of short stories, THE FEAR OF STONES, which was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book. In 2014, he won the prestigious Forward Prize for Poetry for his collection, THE CARTOGRAPHER TRIES TO MAP A WAY TO ZION. He teaches Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London.
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