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Back in print an extraordinary first novel by a writer to watch and toenjoy. Told in the voice of a girl as she moves from childhood intoadolescence Buxton Spice is the story the town of Tamarind Grove itseccentric families its sweeping joys and its sudden tragedies. The novelbrings to life 1970s Guyanaa world at a cultural and political crossroadsand perfectly captures a childs keen observations sense of wonder and thegrowing complexity of consciousness that marks the passage from innocence toexperience. A superb and superbly written novel of childhood andchildhoods end . . . Kempadoo writes in a rich Creole filling her story withkaleidoscopic images of Guyanas coastal plains . . . Her story is also one ofsexual awakening and she explores these new feelings with a curiosity andfreedom that are refreshing . . . Kempadoos novel like the Buxton Spice mangotree reveals its secrets private and political only sparingly until thebitter end.Patrick Markee New York Times Book Review OonyaKempadoo . . . has written a sexy stirring richly poetic semiautobiographical first novel.Gabriella Stern Wall Street JournalAs juicy and ripe as the fruits drooping from the Buxton Spice mango tree. . . Kempadoos Caribbean argot is precise and fluid enriching this debutwith bawdiness violence and raucous humor.Los Angeles Times Thereis a salt freshness to Kempadoos writing an immediacy which makes the readercatch breath for pleasure at the recognition of something exactly observed . .. She is a writer to watch and to enjoy for her warmth her fine intelligenceand her striking use of language.PaulaBurnett The Independent London «
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