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Availability:In StockContributor:Anthony C. WinklerPublish date:2007-06-01Pages:258
Language:EnglishPublisher:Akashic BooksISBN-13:9781933354293ISBN-10:1933354291UPC:9781933354293Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, African American & Black, RomanceBook Topic:African American & BlackSize:7.72 x 5.21 x 0.77 inchesWeight:0.5115Product ID:SCD8G1AR52

Aloysius is the village madman, tolerated by neighbors but forced to eke out a living doing odd jobs. His only company are the animals, trees, and bushes of the woodlands in which he resides, on the outskirts of a village in the hills of St. Ann, on the island of Jamaica. Aloysius is lonely. Admittedly, the animals, trees, and especially the bushes have a lot to say, and undeniably, the flame heart tree is a true friend, but Aloysius has no human friends.

Then love, or a peculiar version of it, comes to Aloysius in the form of a solidly built German tourist, Inga Schmidt. Inga encounters a sleeping Aloysius when she is traversing the countryside photographing the island's flora and fauna. Thereafter, to the trees' horror and the bushes' and village's disapproval, Aloysius's world is turned upside down as he finds himself hurtling along in a series of crazy escapades with his newfound love. For Inga, this madman is a revelation. Lunatic or not, Aloysius is capable of satisfying Inga's libido as frequently as she desires. But the romantic idyll is bruised when Inga invites a local butcher to join a m?nage ? trois, and shattered when the trio decides to burgle the house of Busha McIntosh . . .

In this outrageously out-of-order, hilarious novel, the reader discovers that madness is by no means restricted to Aloysius, and that goodness and forgiveness may be rarer qualities found in unexpected places.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Akashic BooksISBN-13:9781933354293ISBN-10:1933354291UPC:9781933354293Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, African American & Black, RomanceBook Topic:African American & BlackSize:7.72 x 5.21 x 0.77 inchesWeight:0.5115Product ID:SCD8G1AR52
Winkler was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1942. His first novel, The Painted Canoe, was published in 1984 to critical acclaim. This was followed by The Lunatic (1987), The Great Yacht Race (1992), Going Home to Teach (1995) and The Duppy (1997). A short story collection, The Annihilation of Fish and Other Stories, was published in 2004 by Macmillan.
Publisher: Akashic Books

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