Johnson's Dictionary

by David Dabydeen

Told by Manu, this novel journeys through 18th-century London and Demerara in British Guiana, recounting experiences that might be dreamed or remembered. With a diverse cast--including slaves, lowly women on the make, lustful overseers, sodomites, and pious Jews--these characters come alive from artist William Hogarth's engravings; Hogarth himself also appears as a drunkard official artist in Demerara, from whom the slave Cato steals his skills and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845232186
• ISBN13: 9781845232184
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Peepal Tree Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.1"