a high wind in jamaica by richard hughes

On the high seas of the Caribbean, a family of English children is set loose - sent by their parents from their home in Jamaica to receive the civilising effects of England.

I felt just like I did as a kid.' - Andrew Sean Greer, All Things Considered, NPR ' A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes is like those books you used to read under the covers with a flashlight, only infinitely more delicious and macabre.' - Andrew Sean Greer, All Things Considered, NPR 'Cross a wacky seafaring adventure-Conrad gone awry via inept piracy-with an exploration of the consciousness of a child as radical and insightful as that provided by Henry James in What Maisie Knew, and you have A High Wind In Jamaica by Richard Hughes.By turns funny, ironic, and brutally sad, this is a complex and astonishing novel.'-Sue Miller, Barnes and Noble Review, 'This brilliant, gorgeously written, highly entertaining, and apparently light-hearted idyll quickly reveals its true nature as a powerful and profoundly disquieting meditation on the meaning of loyalty and betrayal, innocence and corruption, truth and deception.' - Francine Prose, Elle 'During one snowy day, I read the whole book in one gulp. I felt just like I did as a kid.' Andrew Sean Greer, All Things Considered, NPR 'A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes is like those books you used to read under the covers with a flashlight, only infinitely more delicious and macabre.' Andrew Sean Greer, All Things Considered, NPR, 'This brilliant, gorgeously written, highly entertaining, and apparently light-hearted idyll quickly reveals its true nature as a powerful and profoundly disquieting meditation on the meaning of loyalty and betrayal, innocence and corruption, truth and deception.' - Francine Prose, Elle 'During one snowy day, I read the whole book in one gulp.

'This brilliant, gorgeously written, highly entertaining, and apparently light-hearted idyll quickly reveals its true nature as a powerful and profoundly disquieting meditation on the meaning of loyalty and betrayal, innocence and corruption, truth and deception.' Francine Prose,Elle 'During one snowy day, I read the whole book in one gulp.

A high wind in jamaica by richard hughes