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The Old Man and the Sea

The Old Man and the Sea
  • Author(s): Ernest Hemingway
  • Location(s): Cuba (Republic of)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s

The last novel Ernest Hemingway saw published, The Old Man and the Sea has proved itself to be one of the enduring works of American fiction. It is the story of an old Cuban fisherman and his supreme ordeal:...

The Pirate Queen and the Half-Plucked Chicken

The Pirate Queen and the Half-Plucked Chicken
  • Author(s): Christopher Stevens
  • Location(s): Caribbean
  • Genre(s): Young Adult, Adventure
  • Era(s): Modern day

Whilst cleaning out a drawer, Charlie and Lizzie find a treasure map which has remained hidden for centuries. But the secret gets out, and they arrive in the Caribbean with their shady adversaries, who will stop at nothing, hot...

The Pledge

The Pledge
  • Author(s): Sarah Yarwood-Lovett
  • Location(s): Caribbean
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Destination Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Lawyer Thea has just won the biggest case of her professional life when she receives a mysterious invitation – and finds herself on a jet, being whisked off to a private Caribbean island. Except this is no holiday. Thea’s...

The Polished Hoe

The Polished Hoe
  • Author(s): Austin Clarke
  • Location(s): Barbados
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s

The Polished Hoe is an epic symphony of Caribbean life. Layers of disturbing history slowly unfold through one woman’s intimate, murderous confession. In this meditation on love, loss and sacrifice Mary-Mathilda – mistress of a cruel plantation manager –...

The Season of Change

The Season of Change
  • Author(s): Sheila O'Flanagan
  • Location(s): Caribbean
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The Season of Change was previously published as Connections. Where do you go to solve all your problems? Where would you go if you were a singer fed up with the fame you never desired? Where would you choose...

The Star Side of Bird Hill

The Star Side of Bird Hill
  • Author(s): Naomi Jackson
  • Location(s): Barbados
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1989

This lyrical novel of community, betrayal and love centres on an unforgettable matriarchal family in Barbados. Two sisters, ages ten and sixteen, are exiled from their US home in Brooklyn and sent to Bird Hill in Barbados after their...

The Summer Country

The Summer Country
  • Author(s): Lauren Willig
  • Location(s): Barbados
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 19th century

A brilliant, multigenerational saga in the tradition of The Thorn Birds and North and South, New York Times bestselling historical novelist Lauren Willig delivers her biggest, boldest, and most ambitious novel yet—a sweeping Victorian epic of lost love, lies,...

The Third Hotel

The Third Hotel
  • Author(s): Laura van den Berg
  • Location(s): Cuba (Republic of)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

In Laura van den Berg’s surreal, mystifying, and deeply felt second novel, Clare, recently widowed, arrives in Havana, Cuba, to attend the 36th annual Festival of New Latin American Cinema, which her horror-loving film-professor husband, Richard, had purchased tickets...

The Transparency of Time

The Transparency of Time
  • Author(s): Leonardo Padura, Anna Kushner (Translator)
  • Location(s): Havana
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Moern looking back

Mario Conde is facing down his sixtieth birthday. What does he have to show for his decades on the planet? A failing body, a slower mind, and a decrepit country, in which both the ideals and failures of the...

The True History of Paradise

The True History of Paradise
  • Author(s): Margaret Cezair-Thompson
  • Location(s): Jamaica
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1980s

Easter, 1981. With Jamaica in a state of emergency, the Landing family gathers to bury one of its own. For Monica Landing, who had not spoken to her daughter for fifteen years, the death of Lana is the cruellest...

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