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Sue Amos - Teardrop, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

Teardrop

Av Sue Amos

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Beskrivning
As a girl, Jazz Barthelot knew that a gecko falling on your right side foretold a sudden death. But what place do aunties’ tales have in the rapidly modernising island of Ceylon, and how to navigate the shifting sands of home?  In 1950s Ceylon, trying to forge her own way while British rule collapses, Jazz begins her new life as a journalist – when a gecko falls on the side of her desk at the newspaper office. A body is discovered in the state reservoir, and Jazz accompanies seasoned crime reporter Sonny to the Eastern Province. Jazz quickly learns her trade as they travel between spice markets and hopper stalls, interviewing Tamils, expats, and indigenous tribes, following leads that dry up quickly under the hot sun. Pulled between old and new worlds, between languages, and families, Jazz and Sonny must decide if their future remains on the teardrop island, and whether crimes can be left in the past.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2024-09-09
  • Mått: 127 x 198 x 29 mm
  • Vikt: 314 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 324
  • Förlag: Indie Novella
  • ISBN: 9781738442102
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After a freelance television career, Sue Amos took a career break and began to write in her spare time. Inspired by forgotten, misremembered scraps of history, she wrote two novels under the pen name Sarah Roux. Her first, A Painted Samovar is a homage to her maternal Jewish grandfather while The Chronicles of Harriet Shelley gives voice to the first wife of the poet, Percy Shelley. Submitting her 3rd novel to the Watson Little x Indie Novella Prize, Sue decided she needed to come out from the shadows to write under her real name, having an inkling this would prove to be auspicious! Born and bred in North London, and now resides in the Chilterns with her husband, son, and dog, Teardrop also represents a tribute to Sue’s Sri Lankan heritage and her work shedding light on the post-colonial culture of her ancestors. Teardrop won the 2023 Watson Little x Indie Novella Prize.

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‘A sophisticated, refined work from a highly-skilled writer, shining a light on community dynamics in a post-colonial society and the presence of Burgher, Eurasian communities among Singhalese, Tamils, and Muslims.’  Judges of the Watson Little x Indie Novella Prize

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