Voices Under the Window

by John Hearne

Book Overview

Social and racial inequalities abound in this 1960s Jamaican novel about a middle class lawyer who works closely with the working class and radical nationalist movement. In the midst of a riot, Mark Lattimer is targeted-and mortally wounded-by a poor islander because of his white-collar appearance. Cut off from medical attention in the middle of the insurgence, he is left to contemplate his life, including his childhood as a member of the privileged...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0571099858
• ISBN13: 9780571099856
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Length: 163 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.