Midnight Robber
$40.01
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
17 August 2000
Summary
It’s Carnival time and the Caribbean-colonized planet of Toussaint is celebrating with music, dance, and pageantry. Masked “Midnight Robbers” waylay revelers with brandished weapons and spellbinding words. But to you Tan-Tan, the Robber Queen is simply a favorite costume to wear at the festival – until her power-corrupted father commits an unforgivable crime.
Suddenly, both father and daughter are thrust into the brutal world of New Half-Way Tree. Here monstrous creatures from folklor…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780446675604 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0446675601 |
| Author: | Nalo Hopkinson |
| Publisher: | Grand Central Publishing |
| Imprint: | Grand Central Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 17 August 2000 |
| Weight: | 310g |
| Dimensions: | 202mm x 132mm x 30mm |
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Critics Review
“Spicy and distinctive, set forth in a thoroughly captivating Caribbean dialect.”
”…employs Caribbean folk elements to tell a story that is by turns fantastic, allegorical and contemporary.“–Washington Post“Caribbean patois adorns this novel with graceful rhythms…Beneath it lie complex, clearly evoked characters, haunting descriptions of exotic planets, and a stirring story…[This book] ought to elevate Hopkinson to star status.”–Seattle Times“Deeply satisfying…succeeds on a grand scale…best of all is the language….Hopkinson’s narrative voice has a way of getting under the skin.”–The New York Times Book Review“Highly recommended.”–Library Journal“Hopkinson’s rich and complex Carib English is…quite beautiful…believable, lushly detailed worlds…extremely well-drawn…Hopkinson owns one of the more important and original voices in SF.”–Publishers Weekly “Spicy and distinctive, set forth in a thoroughly captivating Caribbean dialect.”–Kirkus Reviews
About The Author
Nalo Hopkinson
Nalo Hopkinson has published a number of short stories and is the author of three novels including The Salt Roads, Brown Girl in the Ring, and Midnight Robber. She is also the award-winning author of the short fiction collection Skin Folk.
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