| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
vii, 327 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"Originally published in Great Britain in 2022 by Bloomsbury Publishing"--Title page verso. |
| Summary |
"Trinidad in the 1940s, nearing the end of American occupation and British colonialism. On a hill overlooking Bell Village sits the Changoor farm, where Dalton and Marlee Changoor live in luxury unrecognizable to those who reside in the farm's shadow. Down below is the barrack, a ramshackle building ... divided into rooms occupied by whole families. Among these families are the Saroops--Hans, Shweta, and their son, Krishna, all three born of the barracks. Theirs are hard lives of back-breaking work, grinding poverty, devotion to faith, and a battle against nature and a social structure designed to keep them where they are. But when Dalton goes missing and Marlee's safety is compromised, farmhand Hans is lured by the promise of a handsome stipend to move to the farm as a watchman. As the mystery of Dalton's disappearance unfolds, the lives of the wealthy couple and those who live in the barracks below become insidiously entwined"--Dust jacket flap. |
| Subject |
Missing persons -- Fiction.
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Social classes -- Fiction.
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Families -- Fiction.
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Farm life -- Fiction.
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Nineteen forties -- Fiction.
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Trinidad and Tobago -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Detective and mystery fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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Novels.
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| ISBN |
9780063213388 (hardcover) |
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0063213389 (hardcover) |
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