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Banks explores the complexities of political life in the Caribbean.
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RUSSELL BANKS is the author of poetry, nonfiction, and more than fifteen works of fiction admired for their realism and portrayal of working-class people. Cloudsplitter and Continental Drift were both finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. His work has been translated into twenty languages and has received numerous international prizes. Two of his novels, The Sweet Hereafter and Affliction, have been made into award-winning films. A member of the International Parliament of Writers and former New York State Author, Banks was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1996. He lives in upstate New York.
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"A compelling novel....Banks achieves effects at once beautiful and brutal. A virtuoso performance.""--Publishers Weekly"
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- PublisherHoughton Mifflin
- Publication date1980
- ISBN 10 0395290856
- ISBN 13 9780395290859
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages326
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