The Polished Hoe
Author:
Austin Clarke
Narrator:
Robin Miles
Winner of both the Giller Prize and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, The Polished Hoe is acclaimed author Austin Clarke's masterpiece. On a Caribbean island in the 1950s, elderly Mary Gertrude Mathilda commits murder. As she explains herself to police, her story exposes the ugly underbelly of life on Caribbean plantations, with its slavery and brutality. "… brilliantly written dialogue, a rich, dancing patois that fills out the dimensions of the island's painful history and its complex caste system."-Publishers Weekly
Product Details ⌃
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ISBN:
9781440728808
SKU#:
62248
Publisher:
Recorded Books
Genre:
Fiction
Duration:
18:50:35
Release Date:
Dec. 1, 2009
Language:
English
