Tide Running - Oonya Kempadoo

Cliff and Ossie have grown up in Plymouth on the island of Tobago, (heir lives turning upon the axis of small-town life. But then a young couple and their child arrive on the island - Bella, a Caribbean woman, and Peter, an Englishman - and move into a big house overlooking the sea. It is here that (he harsh, brittle life of urban Plymouth is briefly kept at bay: and here. too, that desires and tensions deepen. Oonya Kempadoo brings the Caribbean brilliantly to life. This is a striking and sensuous novel from an utterly original young voice.