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The Bone Readers by Jacob Ross
4.0
Crime is not my usual genre, but I do enjoy well-written, dare I say literary crime, and The Bone Readers by Jacob Ross does not disappoint. This may be in part because I am from Grenada, the island on which the fictional location in the book was based, and as such related completely to this story. I have certainly never read a Caribbean novel quite like this, it's a true crime procedural, but with the West Indian twist that I recognised and reveled in.
Ross deftly exposes the social and political issues that seem engendered in post-colonial countries like Camaho, but that Grenadian humour was ever present as the story progresses, even through the somewhat horrific portions. An excellent crime novel with characters that endear themselves to you.
Ross deftly exposes the social and political issues that seem engendered in post-colonial countries like Camaho, but that Grenadian humour was ever present as the story progresses, even through the somewhat horrific portions. An excellent crime novel with characters that endear themselves to you.