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Overview

Indira Gabriel, recently abandoned by her lover, Solomon, embarks on a project to reinvigorate a dilapidated bar into something special. In this warm, funny, sexy, and bittersweet novel, Barbara Jenkins draws together a richly-drawn cast of characters, like a Trinidadian Cheers. Meet Bostic, Solomon's boyhood friend, who is determined to keep the bar as a shrine; I Cynthia, the tale-telling Belmont maco; KarlLee, the painter with a very complicated love-life; fatherless Jah-Son; and Fritzie, single mum and Indira's loyal right-hand woman. At the book's center is the unforgettable Indira, with her ebullience and sadness, her sharpness and honesty, obsession with the daily horoscope and addiction to increasingly absurd self-help books. In this warm, funny, sexy, and bittersweet novel, Barbara Jenkins hears, like Sam Selvon, the melancholy behind "the kiff-kiff laughter," as darkness from Indira's past threatens her drive to make a new beginning.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781845234225
  • ISBN-10: 1845234227
  • Publisher: Peepal Tree Press
  • Publish Date: September 2018
  • Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.05 pounds
  • Page Count: 278

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