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Grenada

Ross and Collins combine connections to Grenada with experience of living abroad. Angel follows political change through a young woman’s coming of age, while The Ladies are Upstairs turns to the span of one woman’s life. Ocean Stirrings is historical fiction honouring Louise Little and should be approached as fiction. Crime readers can begin with The Bone Readers, set on the fictional island of Camaho.

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Jacob Ross

Tell No-One About This

About the book

A collection of stories set in Grenada and Britain, from the 1970s onwards.

EnglishOriginal

Tell No-One About This

Peepal Tree Press

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Edition cover: Angel — Merle Collins
English edition

Merle Collins

Angel

About the book

Angel’s coming of age unfolds alongside Grenada’s political transformations from the 1950s to 1983.

EnglishOriginal

Angel

Peepal Tree Press

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Merle Collins

The Ladies are Upstairs

About the book

Linked stories follow Doux from Caribbean childhood to old age between her children’s homes in the United States.

EnglishOriginal

The Ladies are Upstairs

Peepal Tree Press

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Merle Collins

Ocean Stirrings: A Work of Fiction in Tribute to Louise Langdon Norton Little, Working Mother and Activist, Mother of Malcolm X and Seven Siblings

About the book

This novel pays tribute to Grenada-born Louise Little, political activist and mother of Malcolm X.

EnglishOriginal

Ocean Stirrings: A Work of Fiction in Tribute to Louise Langdon Norton Little, Working Mother and Activist, Mother of Malcolm X and Seven Siblings

Peepal Tree Press

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Edition cover: The Bone Readers — Jacob Ross
English edition

Jacob Ross

The Bone Readers

About the book

Michael Digson applies his forensic talents to an investigation on the fictional Caribbean island of Camaho.

EnglishOriginal

The Bone Readers

Sphere

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Jacob Ross

Pynter Bender

About the book

Pynter’s coming of age unfolds alongside the history of a Caribbean village, plantation labour and social change.

EnglishOriginal

Pynter Bender

HarperCollins

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Edition cover: Black Rain Falling — Jacob Ross
English edition

Jacob Ross

Black Rain Falling

About the book

Detective Digger Digson tries to save a colleague accused of killing a man on the fictional Caribbean island of Camaho.

EnglishOriginal

Black Rain Falling

Hachette UK

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Context and sources

Sources on authors and their connections to this country. Specific edition details appear beside each book. Polish and English originals are not labelled as translations.

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