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Book Review of Turning Back the Sun

Turning Back the Sun
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Nominated for the prestigious Booker Prize in England, Colin Thurbron's mesmerizing tale of an isolated frontier community of whites and native blacks slowly terrorized by a mysterious disease offers new insight into the modern plague of racial hatred.

"An allegory of the perniciousness of colonialism . . . beautifully thought out . . . and lyrically delivered." -- Jennifer Howard, "Washington Post Book World"