- Fiction, Slavery, History, Fiction, historical
This tale is set in Jamaica during the last turbulent years of slavery and the early years of freedom that followed.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and prestige.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Andrea Levy
- First published
- 2010
- Pages
- 313
- Publisher
- Picador, Charnwood, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781444803518
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