{"product_id":"book-of-jamaica","title":"Book of Jamaica","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eBook of Jamaica\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtist or Composer: \u003c\/b\u003eRussell Banks\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e9780060977078\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eEcco\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReleased: \u003c\/b\u003e2023\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eLater Printing\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e352\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eDisc, case and artwork in excellent condition with little sign of use. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A truly excellent novel. . . . The morbidly fascinating little twists of human existence are all here: love, sex, life and death, beauty and horror--the works.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e-- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Jamaica\u003c\/em\u003e, Russell Banks explores the complexities of political life in the Caribbean and its ever-present racial conflicts. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis narrator, a thirty-five-year-old college professor from New Hampshire, goes to Jamaica to write a novel and soon becomes embroiled in the struggles between whites and Blacks. He is especially interested in an ancient tribe called the Maroons, descendants of the Ashanti, who had been enslaved by the Spanish and then fought the British in a hundred-year war. Despite this history of oppression, the Maroons have managed to maintain a relatively autonomous existence in Jamaica. Partly out of guilt and an intellectual sense of social responsibility, Banks's narrator gets involved in reuniting two clans who have been feuding for generations. Unfortunately, his attempt ends in disaster, and the narrator must deal with his feelings of alienation, isolation, and failure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Book of Jamaica | Russell Banks | Paperback | 9780060977078 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks H 1748912","offer_id":48856525373592,"sku":"1748912","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/51FLFYWJSkL.jpg?v=1775585151","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/book-of-jamaica","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}