EAN: 9780241530054

PENGUIN MODERN CLASSICS CROSSING THE MANGROVE...

'An extraordinary storyteller' Bernardine Evaristo'People say that on the first night Francis
Sancher spent in Rivière au Sel the wind in its temper screamed down from the
mountains...'Francis Sancher always said he would come to an unnatural end. So when this
handsome newcomer to the Guadeloupean village of Rivière au Sel is found dead  face down in the
mud  no one is particularly surprised. Loved by some - especially women - and reviled by others
Francis was an enigmatic figure. Where did he come from? What caused his strange nocturnal
wanderings? What devils haunted him? As the villagers come to pay their respects  they each
reveal another piece of the mystery behind his life and death - and their own buried secrets
and stories come to light.'The grand queen  the empress  of Caribbean literature' Fiammetta
Rocco  Guardian

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