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"Republished 1978 by special arrangement"--T.p. verso.
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"I read Richard Hughes’ A High Wind in Jamaica this year and felt breathless with shock and awe... Appallingly dark story...dreadfully funny." (Meg Rosoff Independent)
"A thrillingly good book" (Martin Amis)
"On one level it's an exciting adventure story with great storms and earthquakes, terrific animals, unruly children and some dubious pirates. What more, when young, could you want? But all this coexists with another narrative, darker and more sophisticated, complex and tragic. You can read this book over again and have read a different novel." (Michael Holroyd Guardian)
"What starts as merely masterful storytelling becomes something dreamlike and haunting; it's not a book you easily forget" (Independent on Sunday)
"Before Lord of the Flies there was A High Wind in Jamaica, an uninching, wryly observed portrait of the madness of children" (The Guardian)
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"A thrillingly good book" (Martin Amis)
"On one level it's an exciting adventure story with great storms and earthquakes, terrific animals, unruly children and some dubious pirates. What more, when young, could you want? But all this coexists with another narrative, darker and more sophisticated, complex and tragic. You can read this book over again and have read a different novel." (Michael Holroyd Guardian)
"What starts as merely masterful storytelling becomes something dreamlike and haunting; it's not a book you easily forget" (Independent on Sunday)
"Before Lord of the Flies there was A High Wind in Jamaica, an uninching, wryly observed portrait of the madness of children" (The Guardian)
'A quite extraordinary and unforgettable book' Ralph Straus
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- PublisherAmereon Ltd
- Publication date1972
- ISBN 10 0884111288
- ISBN 13 9780884111283
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages191
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A High Wind in Jamaica, Or, the Innocent Voyage Hughes, Richard
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ISBN 10: 0884111288
ISBN 13: 9780884111283
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Collectible; Good. [FIRST EDITION] London: Chatto & Windus, 1929. Hardback in green, gilt-lettered cloth boards, no jacket. (4), 284 pages. About good condition with (signed) owner bookplate, light toning, spotting, slight lean, bumped corner; NOT EX-LIBRARY. (1st shelf). Seller Inventory # 0619K056971
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