ASIN: B00FITB9DA
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 531
In 1966 a newly independent Guyana had successfully upended two hundred years of British government, thus leaving the country in the deep throes of political turmoil. The Ol-Kai people: A story from the land of the six peoples is author Jesse Hutson’s powerful novel that reimagines those tumultuous times, as seen through the eyes of Billu Latchman, an East Indian teacher and newspaper editor who must navigate a new world thrown into abject disorder, as it strives to evolve from a slave plantation society to a modern state. Startling and raw, this evocative novel offers a rare vantage into an exotic land as it clashes with contemporary culture. At twenty-four years old, Billu Latchman is a young man swept up in perilous times. Having no parents, his Aunt Emily and his ailing grandmother are all that he can claim as family. What’s more, the new independent republic under the rule of a ...
