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A review by leasttorque
A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes
5.0
Better minds, and the excellent introduction (which must not be read beforehand), have pointed out the excellent prose and totally unsentimental and unromantic view of both children and adults in this novel. It is a riveting tale without heroes. The author’s incursion into the mind of a child is stunning. How I wish for an hours-long book club discussion of this classic.
For a book that I almost threw out the window in the early pages, but couldn’t because it was on my kindle, this novel ultimately won me over totally. Once I understood the voice and the purpose, those early bits that were impossible to stomach even given the year of publication and historical setting were transformed into a biting assessment of history and the souls who lived it.
For a book that I almost threw out the window in the early pages, but couldn’t because it was on my kindle, this novel ultimately won me over totally. Once I understood the voice and the purpose, those early bits that were impossible to stomach even given the year of publication and historical setting were transformed into a biting assessment of history and the souls who lived it.