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      Spirits in the Dark

      by H. Nigel Thomas
      Published
      Dec 1994
      Main Genre
      Literary Literary
      Pages
      224
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      Jerome Quashee undergoes a religious ritual, blocking all sensual links to the outside world, in order to see clearly into his past and find the sources of the pain and guilt that torment his soul.
      H. Nigel Thomas writes with compelling honesty about the confusing maze of pressures that paralyse Jerome. His intelligence at first promises him a gateway out of the poverty his parents have known, but he must compete with privileged White boys for scholarships in a racist, class-ridden culture. He wrestles both with the guilt of knowing so little about his African heritage and the simultaneous pressure to think, speak and act as a White person. And he will bring disgrace on his family if he does not repress his emerging homosexuality.

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      Literary

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      First Edition Dec 1994 Heinemann ISBN13 9780435989415 ISBN10 0435989413
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      Jan 1987 House of Anansi Press ISBN13 9780887845352 ISBN10 0887845355
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