Edgar Allan Poe Award
1972 · First Novel · Winner
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A calypso, a favorite of St Caro's steel bands, went as follows:
"Let us tell you the story of David Maubee,
Who sought for a life of tranquilitee.
He had to pay money to eight different women, So now he robs tourists while they are swimmin'.
He have found the way of life which is safest and surest—Like all of us here he live on the tourist."
Did one of the tourists Maubee "lived" on die by his hand? Xavier Brooke, a good policeman and a friend, has to find out. The whole island of St. Caro is against him.
"Let us tell you the story of David Maubee,
Who sought for a life of tranquilitee.
He had to pay money to eight different women, So now he robs tourists while they are swimmin'.
He have found the way of life which is safest and surest—Like all of us here he live on the tourist."
Did one of the tourists Maubee "lived" on die by his hand? Xavier Brooke, a good policeman and a friend, has to find out. The whole island of St. Caro is against him.
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