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Fred D'Aguiar is a poet and novelist. Born in 1960, he was raised in Guyana and London. He is currently Professor of English and Gloria D. Smith Professor of Africana Studies at Virginia Tech State University. His first novel, The Longest Memory, won the 1994 Whitbread First Novel Award.

"'Immediately pleasurable... touching and suspenseful" Observer "This book is beautifully written, the characters intriguing" Scotland on Sunday "Fred D'Aguiar's powerful and original work employs all kinds of poetic rhythms and shapes to dramatise the dreams, struggles and desires of his protagonists. He has helped to create a new kind of novel... How beautifully D'Aguiar writes about eroticism and sensuality. The novel is a paean to love lost and found again" Independent "Evocative" Independent on Sunday "D'Aguiar's forte is in getting under the skin of his character... an ambitious novel" The Times