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"Cliff and Ossi have grown up in Plymouth on the island of Tobago, their lives turning on the axis of small-town life: young men fooling outside Masta Barbar's shop, gangsta rap blasting; Baywatch and Oprey Winfree interrupted by frantic street calls from the preachers; a morning's fishing - and sex.". "One day they watch the arrival of a couple - Bella, a Caribbean woman, and Peter, an Englishman - and their child at a luxurious house overlooking the ocean. The couple invites Cliff into their home and lives, and in that cool "flim-style" house, the harsh, bright, brittle life of urban…
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6 editions · 2 languages- Other · English · 2004Beacon Press · 215 pages · 9780807083734
- Other · English · 2003Farrar, Straus & Giroux · 9781429998796
- Other · English · 2003Farrar, Straus, Giroux · 215 pages · 9780374277574
- Other · English · 2002Picador · 9780330482530
- Other · English · 2001Picador · 201 pages · 9780330482523
- Other · Spanish · 2002Mar de fondoCasa de las Américas · 209 pages · 9789592600645
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