Romesh Gunesekera
When Lucy arrives in Mauritius she is unprepared for the disquieting attractions of Don Lambodar, a young translator from Ceylon. Under the surface there is growing unease, it is 1825: Britain has wrested power from France and is shipping convict labour across the oceans. The age of slavery is coming to its messy end
Fiction,Historical,Historical Fiction,Cultural,Africa,Eastern Africa,Mauritius,Historical
The Prisoner of Paradise