The Prisoner of Paradise

The Prisoner of Paradise
Author: Romesh Gunesekera
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2012-02-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1408825678

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Lucy Gladwell arrives in Mauritius from England to live with her aunt and uncle at their grand plantation house. Under the surface of this beautiful island paradise, poised between India and Africa, there is unease, and Lucy cannot help but feel discomfited by the restrictions she sees around her, and by the strangely attractive Don Lambodar, a young translator from Ceylon. It is 1825: the age of slavery is coming to its messy end, and word is lapping against the shores of the island of a charismatic new Indian leader who will shine the light of liberty. For Lucy, for Don, for everyone on the island, a devastating storm is coming...


The Prisoner of Paradise
Language: en
Pages: 402
Authors: Romesh Gunesekera
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-02-02 - Publisher: A&C Black

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