A High Wind in Jamaica

<p><strong><em>A High Wind in Jamaica</em> by Richard Hughes is set against the lush volatile backdrop of 19th-century Jamaica</strong>. <em>A High Wind in Jamaica </em>is a haunting darkly humorous exploration of innocence imagination and the eerie unpredictability of childhood.</p><p></p><p>When a hurricane devastates their plantation home the Bas-Thornton children are sent to England for safety. But fate has other plans: their ship is overtaken by pirates and what follows is a surreal unforgettable voyage through lawless waters and even murkier moral depths.</p><p></p><p>Unlike any children's adventure before it this novel shatters romantic illusions of piracy and youth. Hughes writes children not as sweet caricatures but as mysterious instinct-driven creatures-capable of joy cruelty wonder and indifference in equal measure.</p><p></p><p>Originally published in 1929 and praised by the likes of William Golding and Graham Greene <em>A High Wind in Jamaica </em>is at once a savage satire and a chilling psychological odyssey. It's a literary classic that continues to provoke disturb and mesmerize readers nearly a century later.</p>