<p>Baby Doc Duvalier is about to depart Haiti-and Father Septimus Roach is about to depart this world... Who can say why the Haitian hostile spirits -the hougains and their voodoo- dictate on one hand the end of tyranny and on the other the martyrdom of an endearing Irish madman? The visiting American ballerina Susan Lichfield senses her role in the exiled priesf s fate. Even the urbane Haitian diplomat Gi lies Lagreze bows in fear to the powers that are seizing his people... Clown or mystic, Septimus Roach hurtles towards the darkness with an uncanny grasp of his bizarre destiny... 'Power's narrative is vividly disturbing...brilliantly controlled' Daily Telegraph 'Excellent characterisation: the mysterious Gilles Lagreze is a truly spooky creation' Listener 'His comedy is darker than Graham Greene's in The Comedians, his understanding of voodoo and Haitian politics more sensuous and degenerate.. .the smells and violence and magic of Port-au-Prince are redolent in these pages' The Times Also by M.S. Power in Abacus: BRIDIE AND THE SILVER LADY A DARKNESS IN THE EYE THE KILLING OF YESTERDAY'S CHILDREN LONELY THE MAN WITHOUT HEROES</p>

Crucifixion of Septimus Roach

Literature & Fiction

Maurice S Power

Contemporary

Abacus Uk

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Crucifixion of Septimus Roach