Shortlisted for the Guyana Prize Caribbean Award 2011.DogHeart is a novel about the wellmeaning attempt of a middleclass single mother to transform the life of a boy from the ghetto who she meets on the street. Set in presentday, urban Jamaica, DogHeart tells the story from two alternating points of view those of the woman and the boy. They speak in the two languages of Jamaica that sometimes overlap, sometimes display their different origins and world views. Whilst engaging the reader in a tense and absorbing narrative, the novel deals seriously with issues of race and class, the complexity of relationships between people of very different backgrounds, and the difficulties faced by individuals seeking to bring about social change by their own actions."Diana McCaulays debut novel DogHeart is a harsh and poignant tableau ... exploring the relationship between poverty, education, and crime, and tying those back to a national history of violence, violation, and wilful neglect. McCaulay, an environmental activist, submitted her thenunpublished manuscript to the Jamaica Cultural Development Commissions National Creative Writing Competition in 2008 and won the gold medal... The book is a passionate plea for child poverty alleviation couched in a laudable literary format."Lisa AllenAgostini, Caribbean Review of Books

Binding: Paperback;244 pages; Publisher: Peepal Tree Press Ltd; Classification: FA; Weight: 422 g; Dimensions: 207 x 135 x 18

Something not quite right? You have 21 days from the day you receive it, to send something back.

Please note, we cannot offer refunds on fashion face masks, cosmetics, pierced jewellery, adult toys, and swimwear or lingerie if the hygiene seal is not in place or has been broken.

Items of footwear and/or clothing must be unworn and unwashed with the original labels attached. Also, footwear must be tried on indoors. Items of homeware including bedlinen, mattresses, and toppers, and pillows must be unused and in their original unopened packaging. This does not affect your statutory rights.

Click here to view our full Returns Policy.