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Augustown (Paperback)
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Augustown (Paperback)
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WINNER OF THE OCM BOCAS PRIZE FOR CARIBBEAN LITERATURE SHORTLISTED
FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE, THE GREEN CARNATION PRIZE, and the
HISTORICAL WRITERS AWARD 'Miller's storytelling is superb' SUNDAY
TIMES One April day in Augustown, Jamaica. Ma Taffy, old and blind,
sits in her usual spot on the veranda. No matter how the world
tilts around her, come hurricane or riot, she knows everything that
goes on in this small community. Which is why, when her
six-year-old nephew returns home from school with his dreadlocks
shorn, she realises that trouble won't be far behind. And so she
tells him the story of Alexander Bedward, the flying preacherman.
She remembers what happened to the Rastaman and his helper, Bongo
Moody; she thinks of Soft-Paw, the leader of the Angola gang, and
what lies beneath her house. For trouble is brewing once more among
the ramshackle lanes of Augustown, and as Ma Taffy knows, each day
contains much more than its own hours, or minutes, or seconds. In
fact, each day contains all of history...
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Imprint: |
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
May 2017 |
First published: |
2016 |
Authors: |
Kei Miller
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Dimensions: |
195 x 129 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - B-format
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Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4746-0361-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
1-4746-0361-0 |
Barcode: |
9781474603614 |
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