Kwame Dawes

• Jan-1996
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Poor sower of seeds with a gift for dreaming, Jacko Jacobus knows that his destiny is to found a people to shake the nations. But when he has to flee Jamaica to escape his brother's wrath, he finds himself pushing crack for his Uncle Al in South Caro...

• May-2003
• / General Fiction
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A man lies in a newspaper-lined room dreaming an other life. Bob Marley's spirit flew into him at the moment of the singer's death. A woman detaches herself from her perfunctory husband and finds the erotic foreplay she longs for in journeying round ...

• Feb-2007
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“[A] diaspora of black culture and strong emotions, bordering the fine line between love and madness between two troubled people.” -- Booklist   A prominent Jamaican reggae singer falls in love with an African-American woman while on tour i...

• May-2009
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In this partly autobiographical novel, the death of Alphonso Tull heralds for his son, Ramsay, the beginning of a new Jamaica. His father has taught him to always show respect to white people. But in post-war Jamaica, black racial discontents and the...

• Mar-2010
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The death of a Jamaican man’s father raises questions about the father’s political endeavors, and about the plight of 1980s Jamaica.“Few other novels encapsulate Jamaica’s political upheavals so well. Protagonist Ferron Morgan agonizes over h...

• Jun-2012
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• Nov-2012
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• Jan-2021
• / Romance
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Esther, a painter living in Jamaica and recovering from the death of her husband, comes across a man on a mountain road with no memory of his past. As a hurricane rushes towards the island, she shelters the handsome stranger, names him “Monty&#...