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>