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The stunning return from the Orange Prize shortlisted author of The Observations and Gillespie and I
'Pitches you headfirst into this outstanding, heartbreaking story of siblings, slavery and the savagery of the colonial past.' SUNDAY EXPRESS
'Harris builds a lush sense of place, and the pace and tension of a…
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Another slavery narrative that doesn’t pull any punches. Set in Martinique 1765, it tells the tale of brothers Emile and Lucien, who are charged by their French master, Father Cleophas, with a mission. They must return to Grenada, the island they once called home, and smuggle back 42 slaves claimed by English invaders. A gruesomely compelling story.
From Michael's list on The best dark historical fiction.
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