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ISBN
9781990765384
Genre
Algemeen
Verschenen
02-10-2024
Bindwijze
Ebook EPUB
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
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Auteur(s)
Kennard Ramphal
Slippery Ochro
Kennard Ramphal
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In
this
delightful,
fast
moving
and
often
humorous
tale,
Guyanese-Canadian
writer
Kennard
Ramphal
transports
the
reader
to
the
village
of
Canal
Number
2
Polder
in
British
Guiana
as
it's
about
to
achieve
nationhood
from
Britain.
SLIPPERY
OCHRO
and
his
wife
PHULMATTIE,
notorious
for
their
free-wheeling
and
cunning
lifestyle,
are
about
to
inveigle
their
way
into
the
lives
of
retirees
MOHABIR
and
his
wife
DULARIE,
who
are
content
to
live
out
their
existence
in
peace,
enjoying
the
fruits
of
their
labour.
Little
do
they
know
that
Slippery
and
his
wife
have
other
plans
for
them.Ramphal
provides
a
perceptive
backdrop
into
the
lives
of
workers
and
plantation
life
in
sugar
estates
in
Guyana,
along
with
a
pervasive
"rum
culture"
existing
in
the
rural
areas
during
the
60's
when
this
novel
is set.
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