Originally published in 1954, this is the tragic story of an honest Rastafarian healer caught up in a web of intrigue and betrayal in Jamaica's tough West Kingston slums. It is a portrait of a ghetto
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 Jamaica and the conditio
An iconic novel from a rebellious and politically active author, this story follows Jack, a sculptor and blacksmith, who idolizes the Biblical Samson as a figure of man’s independence. Deciding to car
