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A High Wind in Jamaica
A High Wind in Jamaica
Author: Richard Hughes
Richard Hughes's celebrated short novel is a masterpiece of concentrated narrative. Its dreamlike action begins among the decayed plantation houses and overwhelming natural abundance of late nineteenth-century Jamaica, before moving out onto the high seas, as Hughes tells the story of a group of children thrown upon the mercy of a crew of down-a...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780099437437
ISBN-10: 0099437430
Publication Date: 7/4/2002
Pages: 192
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Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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Rather colonial but lush descriptions.
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The book, like the movie of the same name, is one you will never forget.


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