$23.95 (Paperback book / Allen & Unwin / ISBN:9781741755626)
Jamaica
WELCOME TO JAMAICA, HAVE A NICE BREAKDOWN.
A group of six friends converge on the fabled island of Jamaica to
compete in a marathon relay swim across treacherous water. Most
have known each other since school, scions of wealth, breeding and
privilege and members of the upper echelon of supposedly classless
Sydney. The odd man out is new money Jeremy Hutchison (Hut), who's
tolerated by the group because of the fortune he's made, but never
really accepted. It is a group of people on the edge of crisis,
none more so than Hut, who is guarding a terrible truth.
As the sleazy charms of Jamaica insinuate themselves onto the
group, things fall apart in predictable and surprising ways, and
the secrets of the past must be addressed.
Compulsive reading from an unflinching observer of fallibility,
hypocrisy and thwarted ambition.
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