Passiontide

<b>Monique Roffey</b> was born in Port of Spain Trinidad. She is the author of six novels and a memoir. <i>The Mermaid of Black Conch</i> won the Costa Book of the Year and the Costa Novel Award 2020. It was shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2021 the Goldsmiths Prize 2020 and the Republic of Consciousness Prize 2021 and longlisted for the Orwell Prize the Ondaatje Prize and the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature 2021. Her highly acclaimed previous books are <i>sun dog</i> <i>The White Woman on the Green Bicycle</i> (shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2010) <i>Archipelago</i> (winner of the OCM Bocas Award for Caribbean Literature 2013) <i>House of Ashes</i> (shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2014) <i>The Tryst</i> and <i>With the Kisses of His Mouth</i>. Monique Roffey is a Senior Lecturer at the Manchester Writing School at Manchester Metropolitan University and a tutor for the National Writers Centre. <p><b>Four women spark a revolution on a Caribbean island – the electrifying new novel from the Costa-winning author of <i>The Mermaid of Black Conch</i>.</b><br><br>Early one morning at the close of St Colibri’s carnival a young female steel pan player is found dead beneath a cannonball tree. It is a discovery that will transform the lives of everyone on this small island . . .<br><br>Fiercely alive <i>Passiontide</i> is a novel of women daring to imagine a different world. It confirms Monique Roffey as one of our most spellbinding storytellers.<br><br><b>PRAISE FOR MONIQUE ROFFEY:</b><br><br><b>‘Monique Roffey is a unique talent’ Bernardine Evaristo</b><br><br><b>‘A daring mesmerising novel’ Maggie O’Farrell</b><br><br><b>‘Wonderful immersive evocative . . . A masterclass of world-building’ Bridget Collins</b><br><br><b>‘Once I had started it I couldn’t stop . . . brilliant’ Clare Chambers</b></p> <b>Monique Roffey is a unique talent</b>