They wont know you, the you thats hidden somewhere in the castle of your skinNineyearold G. leads a life of quiet mischief crab catching, teasing preachers and playing among the pumpkin vines. His sleepy fishing village in 1930s Barbados is overseen by the English landlord who lives on the hill, just as their Little England is watched over by the Mother Country. Yet gradually, G. finds himself awakening to the violence and injustice that lurk beneath the apparent order of things. As the world he knows begins to crumble, revealing the bruising secret at its heart, he is spurred ever closer to a lifechanging decision. Lyrical and unsettling, George Lammings autobiographical comingofage novel is a story of tragic innocence amid the collapse of colonial rule.Rich and riotous The TimesIts poetic imaginative writing has never been surpassed Tribune

Binding: Paperback;368 pages; Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; Classification: FA; Weight: 388 g; Dimensions: 198 x 132 x 23

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