A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes
On the high seas of the Caribbean, a family of English children is set loose sent by their parents from their home in Jamaica to receive the civilising effects of England. Innocence is their protection, but as life in the care of pirates reveals its dangers, the events which unfold begin to take on a savagely detached quality.
I read Richard Hughes’ A High Wind in Jamaica this year and felt breathless with shock and awe… Appallingly dark story…dreadfully funny* Independent *
A High Wind in Jamaica is like those books you used to read under the covers with a flashlight - only infinitely more delicious ... and macabre -- Andrew Sean Greer * NPR *
Wow. Just....wow. This is a nasty, wicked little book. It's wonderful -- Lydia Kiesling * The Millions *
A High Wind in Jamaica is like those books you used to read under the covers with a flashlight - only infinitely more delicious ... and macabre -- Andrew Sean Greer * NPR *
Wow. Just....wow. This is a nasty, wicked little book. It's wonderful -- Lydia Kiesling * The Millions *
Richard Hughes was born in 1900 and educated at Chaterhouse School and Oriel College, Oxford. A highly original and idiosyncratic writer, he wrote poems and plays as well as novels, but it is for these that he is best remembered, the most famous of which was his first, A High Wind in Jamaica, published in 1929. A remarkable man, he could number Masefield, Yeats, T.E. Lawrence, Robert Graves, Augustus John and Dylan Thomas amongst his friends and acquaintances. Married to the painter Frances Bazley in 1932, he died in 1976.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099437437 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099437430 |
| Title | A High Wind in Jamaica |
| Author | Richard Hughes |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2002-07-04 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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