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One of England's most widely acclaimed young novelists adopts two eerily convincing narrative voices and juxtaposes their stories to devastating effect in this mesmerizing portrait of slavery. Cambridge is a devoutly Christian slave in the West Indies whose sense of justice is both profound and self-destructive, while Emily is a morally-blind, genteel Englishwoman.
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"A striking novel that pushes you dizzily into another time and place... Reading it is like being in the middle of a vibrant dream" (Sunday Times)
"Phillips points up the hypocrisy and humiliation of a society at breaking point; revealing it with subtlety, humour and humanity" (Sunday Telegraph)
"Caryl Phillips has proved himself to be among the best and most productive writers of his generation...with Cambridge he takes a firm step towards joining the company of the literary giants of our time" (New York Times)
"This powerful, seductively readable book, set in a 19th century slave plantation, finally puts the sickening realities of the slave trade firmly on the map" (Guardian)
"Phillips is a linguistic and cultural virtuoso" (The Times)
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"Phillips points up the hypocrisy and humiliation of a society at breaking point; revealing it with subtlety, humour and humanity" (Sunday Telegraph)
"Caryl Phillips has proved himself to be among the best and most productive writers of his generation...with Cambridge he takes a firm step towards joining the company of the literary giants of our time" (New York Times)
"This powerful, seductively readable book, set in a 19th century slave plantation, finally puts the sickening realities of the slave trade firmly on the map" (Guardian)
"Phillips is a linguistic and cultural virtuoso" (The Times)
Dramatic and challenging novel about freedom and prejudice by the winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize.
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- Publication date1993
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