A review by matt_books
A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes

5.0

The story of a bunch of weird little kids who out-psychopath the pirates that kidnapped them just by being themselves. The narration has a tone unlike any I’ve encountered, alternating between the blissfully ignorant, demented headspace of little kids and the bewildered adults who try to make sense of their indecipherable behavior. Also preoccupied with the fallibility of memory and how seemingly random moments morph into foundational experiences that embed in our psyche, which is always cool, to me.