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'An astonishing novel - linguistically gorgeous, narratively propulsive and psychologically profound'
BERNARDINE EVARISTO'
'Deeply impressive . . . Energy and inventiveness distinguish every page'
HILARY MANTEL
'The biggest, most frightening, beautiful and alive novel I've read in as long as I can remember'
EVIE WYLD
A 2023 highlight for: Financial Times * Guardian * Daily Mail * BBC News
The music was still playing when Dalton Changoor vanished into thin air . . .
On a hill overlooking Bell Village sits the Changoor farm, where Dalton and Marlee Changoor live in luxury unrecognisable to those who reside in the farm's shadow. Down below is the barrack, a ramshackle building of wood and tin, divided into rooms occupied by whole families. Among these families are the Saroops - Hans, Shweta, and their son, Krishna, who live hard lives of backbreaking work, grinding poverty and devotion to faith.
When Dalton Changoor goes missing and Marlee's safety is compromised, farmhand Hans is lured by the promise of a handsome stipend to move to the farm as watchman. But as the mystery of Dalton's disappearance unfolds their lives become hellishly entwined, and the small community altered forever.
Hungry Ghosts is a mesmerising novel about violence, religion, family and class, rooted in the wild and pastoral landscape of colonial central Trinidad.
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Kevin Jared Hosein is a Caribbean novelist. He has also worked as a secondary school Biology teacher for over a decade. He was named overall winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize in 2018, and was the Caribbean regional winner in 2015. He has published two books: The Repenters and The Beast of Kukuyo. The latter received a CODE Burt Award for Caribbean Young Adult Literature, and both had been longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award. His writings, fiction and non-fiction, have been published in numerous anthologies and outlets including Lightspeed Magazine, Moko, Wasafiri and adda. He lives in Trinidad and Tobago. |
| Category: | Contemporary Fiction |
| ISBN: | 9781526644497 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| On sale: | March 2023 |
| Format: | Paperback |
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