Book description
Oddball sexuality, acts of perversion, and out-of-order behavior from the acclaimed Jamaican author of The Lunatic and Dog War.
How funny is this social satire? Akashic Books’s pledge to our readers: Laugh out loud at least once or your money back. Seriously.
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This humorous but philosophical book challenges our understanding of death and the afterlife. It is told from the protagonist's point of view after he dies from a heart attack. It’s a laugh-out-loud satirical recanting of Heaven while making significant political, social, and religious commentary
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