Let July, the narrator, be your guide: " . . . My son Thomas, who is publishing this book, tells me, it is customary at this place in a novel to give the reader a little taste of the story that is held within these pages. As your storyteller, I am to convey that this tale is set in Jamaica during the last turbulent years of slavery and the early years of freedom that followed . . . " and read on to be well rewarded.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 62 Autumn 2011 ) |
