The prisoner of paradise
Gunesekera, Romesh2013
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When Lucy arrives in Mauritius she is unprepared for the disquieting attractions of Don Lambodar, a young translator from Ceylon. Under the surface there is growing unease, it is 1825: Britain has wrested power from France and is shipping convict labour across the oceans. The age of slavery is coming to its messy end.
Main title:
The prisoner of paradise / Romesh Gunesekera.
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Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2013.
Collation:
389 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2012.
ISBN:
9781408830376 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92HIS
Language:
English
BRN:
1619723