Elspeth, a young Scottish actress, is selected by the elusive
impresario Lord Coak for an acting career on the Caribbean Island
of Barbados. She is briefly feted by the island community, but a
tempest kills her lover and destroys the theatre in which she is to
star. She is obliged to take on a supposedly temporary and
ambiguous role at Lord Coak's plantation home. The closed
environment of the estate is stifling, but it institutionalises her
and gives her a degree of status. Dolan's plot takes some
unexpected twists, but Elspeth is never free from the constrictions
of working for an enterprise whose founding principle is racism. An
oppressive sense of eventlessness pervades. Lord Coak's grand plan
to modernise the estate cannot be implemented without social
reform, but the resulting suspension of lives could also be seen as
the human condition: our dreams can never be realised. Another
catastrophic event breaks the spell and divides the community, many
of whom leave in search of a more enlightened society and in so
doing become a mythical people. However Elspeth and the reader
remain locked into Lord Coak's estate, which starts rapidly to
decay.
General
| Imprint: |
Vagabond Voices
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Vagabonds, 10 |
| Release date: |
June 2012 |
| First published: |
2013 |
| Authors: |
Chris Dolan
|
| Dimensions: |
210 x 140 x 14mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
224 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-908251-07-7 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
1-908251-07-7 |
| Barcode: |
9781908251077 |
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