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A review by tommooney
Black Sugar by Miguel Bonnefoy
4.0
BLACK SUGAR by Miguel Bonnefoy.
I quite liked Bonnefoy's debut Octavio's Journey but found it incomplete - Black Sugar is much better. Both a fable of the evils of greed and a satire on colonialism, it begins with the fictional death of real-life pirate bastard Henry Morgan. It then fast forwards 300 years to tell of three generations of the Otero family and another fictional rendering of real life - the establishment of Captain Morgan's rum.
It is nicely written, light and fun, with richly drawn characters.
I quite liked Bonnefoy's debut Octavio's Journey but found it incomplete - Black Sugar is much better. Both a fable of the evils of greed and a satire on colonialism, it begins with the fictional death of real-life pirate bastard Henry Morgan. It then fast forwards 300 years to tell of three generations of the Otero family and another fictional rendering of real life - the establishment of Captain Morgan's rum.
It is nicely written, light and fun, with richly drawn characters.