The Book of Jamaica
by Russell Banks
published
May 12th 1986
by Ballantine Books
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binding
Mass Market Paperback
isbn
0345330749
(isbn13: 9780345330741)
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Read in October, 2006
A mildly interesting story about an american academic whose "research" in Jamaica becomes something of an obsession. Filled with some unique characters and often made me want to get back to Jamaica as soon as possible.
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Read in October, 2008
This is a book about a 70s northeastern liberal artsy professor who decides to spend a bunch of time in Jamaica trying to "study" the Maroon people... but in the end is just estranging himself from his family and upper class white American culture, and wants to be seen by Black Jamaicans as "one of them". Banks acknowledges the lameness of the professor's efforts a little bit- but not as much as he validates them.
I was disappointed by this book. It definitely gave some go...more
I was disappointed by this book. It definitely gave some go...more
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Read in July, 2008
recommends it for:
Levi Strauss or Paul Bowles Fans
