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Winifred Belair is one of the returnees who gossip over drinks on the verandahs of the Caribbean island of St Caesare. Fred is good-looking still and eligible, but her friends warn her about the visit from Barbados of the Rev Alex Taylor - looking for a soul-mate to help him with the Good Works. And save the world. Her other two suitors, typically for Markham, are figments of Pewter Stapleton's elaborately imagined fantasy.


''Past and present, real and imagined, melt convincingly together; the prose is graceful, inventive and robust'' - Guardian

''Rhythmic, playful, meandering stories'' - Daily Mail

''Markham's writing has a deceptive lightness, covering a deep, unshowy wisdom'' - The Times

'An unclassifiable marvel, its sly humour and irreverent boisterousness make a fitting conclusion to Markham's last literary endeavour' Financial Times

'Wonderfully rich and entertaining...radiantly full of life' Independent

'A remarkably accomplished literary figure, Markham has the lightest of touches...Markham's book, his entire writing project even, is an attempt to be faithful to the crookedness of human experience, the cussedness of the human spirit...This is one of the chattiest books I've ever read' Sunday Telegraph

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1734571 in Books
• Published on: 2009-01-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .90" h x 5.00" w x 7.60" l, .55 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 308 pages

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Review
'Witty stories blessed with charming originality; full of invention, autobiography and the real world. He weaves everything he knows into his unfettered writing' --Romesh Gunesekera

Review
'Ideas grow cheerfully from a random thought, remark or connection, yet the action never loses impetus, tension or interest'

From the Publisher
This final part of a trilogy of linked stories is the culmination of the life and craft - humorous, cantankerous and humane - of a unique master of imaginative prose.