The domination of the Tanu has been broken. In the aftermath of cataclysm, Aiken Drum seizes the hour to grasp control of the Pilocene world. There are those, human and Tanu, who rally to him - and those who fear and hate him. .

FROM THE HEAT OF DAY

Heath, Roy

Literature & Fiction

HarperCollins, Publishers

Kwaku Or the Man Who Could Not Keep His Mouth Shut

Flamingo

The Shadow Bride

His medical studies abroad complete, Dr Betta Singh returns home to Guyana and the household of his widowed mother. But Betta's ideals have changed in his time away and it is not long before terrible quarrels break out between him and his strange, wilful mother.

Contemporary

The first volume of an autobiography in which Roy Heath describes his Guyanese upbringing. It is a portrayal of both an extended family and a society in transition. Adrift between a failing colonial past and an uncertain future, this is an account of a slowly evolving culture.

Shadows Round the Moon (Flamingo)

Biographies & Memoirs

Kwaku is back; a small-time chiseller and ineffective healer in a village in Guyana but now down in the dumps: his wife has gone blind, his twin sons brutalize him, he is toppled from his perch as a healer and becomes once again the laughing stock of all and sundry. But fate intervenes, and Kwaku's fortunes are resurrected as he makes his way to Georgetown to become a dealer in 'antique' chamber pots. With a recommendation and some borrowed cash from an old woman whose son has become a government minister, he embarks on an odyssey in search of riches, only to find himself a lowly servant of the corrupt minister who steals his ideas and sends him on demeaning errands designed to further the minister's financial scams, sexual peccadillos and political intrigues. Kwaku now faces the dilemma of going under - the fate of so many who migrate from the country to the town - or adapting his character to suit his urban existence. What distinguishes this novel is the closely observed psychological metamorphosis of Kwaku. Just barely escaping from a murderous gang, he finally succeeds in establishing himself as a respected, wealthy citizen - whilst remaining, of course, his own inimitable, infuriating, brilliantly engaging self. In this bright and comic novel, Roy Heath deals vividly with the social and political conflicts and conundrums facing the nouveaux riches in the third world and the staggeringly poor, emerging into independence and unheard-of prospects. The colourful language of the characters is perfectly captured, and their shenanigans and valour are depicted with wit and compassion.

The Ministry Of Hope

Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd

Kwaku struggles to gain wealth and an easy life, but his foolishness constantly gets in his way.

Kwaku: Or the Man Who Could Not Keep His Mouth Shut : A Novel

United States

Murderer

Genre Fiction

Schocken Books

The Reasonable Adventurer

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Univ of Pittsburgh Pr

A paperback edition of a novel first published by Flamingo in 1978, which tells of a man who grows up humiliated by his fiercely puritanical mother and overshadowed by the successes of his older brother, and follows his decline into a state of paranoia and madness.  By the author of THE GEORGETOWN trilogy.

Persea Books Inc

Kwaku Or the Man Who Could Not Keep His

Allison Busby

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