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MIDDLE PASSAGE - CHARLES JOHNSON TASCHENBUCH

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF PICADOR BOOKS Winner of the National Book Award 1990 The Apocalypse
would definitely put a crimp in my career plans. Rutherford Calhoun  a puckish rogue and newly
freed slave  spends his days loitering around the docks of New Orleans  dodging debt collectors
gangsters  and Isadora Bailey  a prim and frugal woman who seeks to marry him and curb his
mischievous instincts. When the heat from these respective pursuers becomes too much to bear 
he cons his way on to the next ship leaving the dock: the Republic. Upon boarding  to his
horror he discovers that he is on an illegal slave ship embarking on the Middle Passage  the
portion of the triangular trade route that saw slaves transported from Africa to the US.
Staffed by a crew of criminals and degenerates  the Republic is on a mission to enslave members
of the legendary Allmuseri tribe  while the sadistic yet philosophical Captain Falcon has a
secondary objective: securing a mysterious cargo that possesses a terrifying and otherworldly
power. What follows is a story of Rutherford's battle for survival  as he finds himself
juggling loyalties between the ship's crew and the enslaved passengers  and is forced to use
every ounce of the charm and cunning that he possesses to endure the desperate conditions and
battle the myriad deadly forces on the high seas. A masterful blend of allegory  black comedy 
naval adventure and supernatural horror  this wildly inventive novel is a true modern classic.

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