Originally published in 1954 and acclaimed around the world as one of the classics of Caribbean fiction. Brother Man is the tragic story of an honest Rastafarian healer caught up in a web of intrigue and betrayal in Jamaica's tough West Kingston slum...
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 condition of the urban poor, told through the voic...
Set in the Jamaican countryside, this novel follows the story of Jack, a sculptor and blacksmith who idolises the biblical Samson as a figure of man's independence. Setting out to carve a tribute to Samson in mahogany, Jack is soon beset by the break...