by PaulineMelville (Author)
The whole purpose of magic is the fulfilment and intensification of desire, claims the ventriloquist-narrator as he tells his stories of love and catastrophe. The novel is a parable of miscegenation and racial exclusiveness, of nature defying culture and of the rebellious nature of love.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 368
Edition: New
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 02 Apr 1998
ISBN 10: 0747535140
ISBN 13: 9780747535140
Book Overview: Winner 1997 Whitbread Book of the Year Award First Novel Category