This dark, lyrical novel follows Jane Douglas, who has returned to her childhood home on the Shetlands having suffered unspecified trauma involving her hated mother and dead brother.
Set in a fictional locale in Barbados, The Secrets of Catspraddle Village (Black Coral Publishing) by Callie Browning investigates the mysterious, multifaceted lives of its inhabitants, chronicling events that involve
Bianca Bridge, the protagonist of The God of Good Looks, is a young aspiring writer whose literary prospects disappear once her affair with a married politician is exposed. Shunned by the elite circle she was raised in, she agrees to take a position at a beauty magazine run by Obadiah Courtland, a makeup artist known for his cutting remarks. Mc Ivor deftly uses these two characters, each born occupying opposite positions in Trinidad s rigid class hierarchy, to explore the facades people need to create in order to succeed in the face of systematic negligence and oppression and the courage it takes to tear them down.
[Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] Breanne Mc Ivor’s debut novel, The God of Good Looks, is out this month (May 2023) published by William Morrow & Company. Description: Bianca Bridge has always dreamt of becoming a writer. But Trinidadian society can be unforgiving, and having an affair with…
[Many thanks to Peter Jordens for bringing this item to our attention.] The Caribbean Views shares descriptions of seven Caribbean books: Caribbean literature spans decades and encompasses a vast range of themes and topics. Because of its rich and diversified area, there are a number of intriguing new novels by Caribbean authors published in 2023.…