A Tall History of Sugar

<p><b>'Brimming with magic passion and history' <i>New York Times</i></b><br><b>'Captivating from the very first page' Jennifer Egan</b><br><b><br>Shortlisted for the Fiction category in the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature</b><br><b>Shortlisted for the Kitschies Red Tentacle Award<br></b><br>Discovered amidst a tangle of sea grape trees Moshe Fisher's provenance is a thing of myth and mystery; his unusual appearance with blueish translucent skin and duo-toned hair only serves to compound his mystique. Equally feared and ridiculed by peers as he grows up he finds a surprising kindred soul in the striking and bold Arrienne Christie but their complex relationship is fraught with obstacles that tear them apart as powerfully as they are drawn together.<br><br> Beginning in the late 1950s four years before Jamaica's independence from colonial rule <i>A Tall History of Sugar</i>'s epic love story sweeps between a rural Jamaica scarred by the legacies of colonialism and an England increasingly riven by race riots and class division.</p>