Disappearance by David Dabydeen

Disappearance by David Dabydeen

Dunsmere Cliff on the Kent coast is in a state of impending collapse. A young West Indian engineer is appointed to help save the village that sits on its edge. He soon discovers the history of Dunsmere and its desire, deceit and sexual cruelty.

'Richly layered with symbol and metaphor, Disappearance is about the brief relationship between a young Guyanese engineer and the old English woman he lodges with while building sea-defences for a cliff-top village near Hastings' Time Out'An electrifying array of surmises about how the imperial past has affected everyone in Britain today.' Scotsman.

David Dabydeen is the director of the University of Warwick's Institute for Caribbean Studies. He was born in Guyana but has spent most of his life in the United Kingdom. He is the author of the novels The Intended, Disappearance, The Counting House, and A Harlot's Progress, as well as two previous collections of poetry, Slave Song and Coolie Odyssey, which won the Commonwealth Poetry Award. He is regarded as one of the best writers in the United Kingdom. He's also the author of Hogarth's Blacks: Visions of Blacks in 18th Century English Painting, The Counting House, and A Harlot's Progress.

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ISBN 13	9781845230142
ISBN 10	1845230140
Title	Disappearance
Author	David Dabydeen
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Peepal Tree Press Ltd
Year published	2005-12-16
Number of pages	157
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