The Black Pearl

Nineteen thirty-nine Hawaii: two Hollywood actresses the artillery brigades handsomest officer and finest polo player the polo players beautiful wife a Japanese carrier pilot who is sketching the aerial approach to Pearl Harbor and the captain of the sketchers sampan unite in a mÃ(c)lange of passionate encounters that find coherence in the symbology of a Tahitian black pearl. Sidelights are the gold mesh necklace concealed in the God Kanes chest and the emerald cut diamond lost in the sand of the officers beach at Waialua.