Hungry Ghosts by Kevin Jared Hosein Paperback Book 9781526644459

A BBC TWO BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK FOR 2023 WINNER OF THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION 2024 A shimmering slice of Trinidadian gothic THE TIMESAn astonishing novel BERNARDINE EVARISTODeeply impressive HILARY MANTELThe music was still playing when Dalton Changoor vanished into thin air On a hill overlooking Bell Village sits the Changoor farm where Dalton and Marlee Changoor live in luxury unrecognisable to those who reside in the farms shadow Down below is the barrack a ramshackle building of wood and tin divided into rooms occupied by whole families Among these families are the Saroops Hans Shweta and their son Krishna who live hard lives of backbreaking work grinding poverty and devotion to faithWhen Dalton Changoor goes missing and Marlees safety is compromised farmhand Hans is lured by the promise of a handsome stipend to move to the farm as watchman But as the mystery of Daltons disappearance unfolds their lives become hellishly entwined and the small community altered foreverHungry Ghosts is a mesmerising novel about violence religion family and class rooted in the wild and pastoral landscape of 1940s colonial central TrinidadA 2023 highlight for...