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Published: 11/05/2017
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Winner of the OCM BOCAS Prize for Caribbean Literature. 

Shortlisted for the RSL Ondaatje Prize and The Green Carnation Prize.

One April day in Augustown, Jamaica. Ma Taffy, old and blind, sits in her usual spot on the veranda. No matter how the world tilts around her, come hurricane or riot, she knows everything that goes on in this small community.

Which is why, when her six-year-old nephew returns home from school with his dreadlocks shorn, she realises that trouble won't be far behind.

And so she tells him the story of Alexander Bedward, the flying preacherman. She remembers what happened to the Rastaman and his helper, Bongo Moody; she thinks of Soft-Paw, the leader of the Angola gang, and what lies beneath her house.

For trouble is brewing once more among the ramshackle lanes of Augustown, and as Ma Taffy knows, each day contains much more than its own hours, or minutes, or seconds. In fact, each day contains all of history...

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
ISBN: 9781474603614
Number of pages: 256
Weight: 228 g
Dimensions: 195 x 129 x 19 mm


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This is my ultimate beach read. It has an explosive beginning that draws in a reader in the best way, excellent storytelling, incredible prose. It will keep you absorbed until the sun goes down - Reni Eddo-Lodge, author of Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

Driven by atmosphere more than plot, the language is as clear as spring water - OBSERVER

Richly nuanced and empathetic . . . a vivid modern fable - GUARDIAN

Like a wide-angled lens, Miller's novel fits much into a small frame - Augustown itself, Rastafari, gang and police violence, religious opposition to colonial rule - but still gives an impression of space - DAILY TELEGRAPH

Truly panoramic - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

Miller's storytelling is superb, its power coming from the seamless melding of the magical and the everyday, which gives his novel a significant fabular quality - Sunday Times

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“Great read!”

Incredible read!

Kei Miller’s story-telling makes you feel like you’re sitting on Ma Taffy’s Augustown veranda listening to her telling you the story of the flying preacher man.

You can almost feel the pain... More

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