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After the death of Uncle Jacob, the man who oversaw his education and passage to Canada from Ghana as a penance for having betrayed his father, Samuel inherits his crumbling house. In a moment of triumph, Samuel quits his desperately boring civil service job, and convinces his grudging family to take up residence there. His wife and his odd silent twins reluctantly agree and begin to resurrect the house from the weeds, mould and decay. The deep rot is not only in the house. Their new town also has some very dubious characters. But the real strangeness, if not madness, resides in his very family - most particularly with the twins.
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Esi Edugyan's engagement with universal themes of human disappointment packs a powerful emotional punch. . . Fine writing, subtle characterisation and a convincing portrayal of place and period mark out this engaging first work, reminiscent of early VS Naipaul (Guardian 'Terse, compelling prose. . . a powerful and melancholic story of one man's unfulfilled life')
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Scotland on Sunday ('A formidable talent-the narrative is crisp, exacting and expertly wrought')
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TLS ('some darkly comic moments')
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From a young black Canadian, an exciting literary debut. A wonderful contemporary story about one summer in the life of a strange and complex family, set in a city on the prairies.
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- PublisherVirago
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 1844081060
- ISBN 13 9781844081066
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. After the death of Uncle Jacob, the man who oversaw his education and passage to Canada from Ghana, Samuel Tyne, inherits his crumbling house in Aster. Here, he believes, is that fabled second chance, and he is determined not to let it slip away. Well bound in good clean covers, with jut some slight shelf wear. Corners and spine ends are all fine. Text pages are all fine with no markings or inscriptions. Dispatched same or next working day in protective packaging. Seller Inventory # 015741
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