The Garden of the Peacocks

by Anthony Weller

An American photographer on assignment on a remote Bahamian isle becomes involved with the daughter of a renowned Cuban artist long believed dead, whom his daughter blames for her mother's suicide. A first novel. Tour. IP.

Hardcover

First published September 1, 1996

About the author

Anthony Weller was born in Georgia in 1957. He was the author of four novels--The Garden of the Peacocks, The Polish Lover, The Siege of Salt Cove and The Land of Later On--and a travel memoir of India and Pakistan, Days and Nights on the Grand Trunk Road. He also edited two collections of his father's Pulitzer Prize-winning World War II reporting, First into Nagasaki and Weller's War. For many years he was a highly-regarded jazz and classical guitarist.

Reviews

[Debra Hale-Shelton · Rating 3 out of 5]

My sister-in-law recommended this book to me. I did not think I'd like it at first but found it a quick, highly interesting read. The story is a bit strange, definitely offbeat. The novel's story structure and language are lyrical. I recommend this book to fiction/non-fiction lovers, both men and women.

[Oscarandlucy]

Lovely, vivid descriptions of the Bahamas but dull, stiff and predictable plot and characters.