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Kevin Jared Hosein
A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK FOR 2023 *
LONGLISTED FOR THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2024 *
'A shimmering slice of Trinidadian gothic' THE…
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Longlisted for the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize
"This is a deeply impressive book, and I think an important one. Its intensity, its narrative attack, the fascinations of its era…
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‘Deeply impressive … Energy and inventiveness distinguish every page’ HILARY MANTEL
‘Beautiful, biblical, vast in scope and power … Hosein is a new, enormous giant of fiction’ DAISY JOHNSON
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The story of a Trinidadian orphan, who falls in love with a nun, gets adopted by a thief and must make a nest in the expanse of madness around him.
This is a deeply impressive book, and I think an important one. Its intensity, its narrative attack, the fascinations of its era and setting, make it impossible to tear the…
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Harold Sonny Ladoo
A rediscovered classic, Yesterdays turns colonialism on its head.
Originally published in 1974, Yesterdays is nominally the story of one man's attempt to launch a Hindu Mission from Trinidad to…
"This is a deeply impressive book, and I think an important one. Its intensity, its narrative attack, the fascinations of its era and setting, make it impossible to tear the…
