A Tall History of Sugar

Curdella Forbes

earliest edition we have, 2019 Akashic Books, 2019 hardcover 366 pages

"[This novel] tells the story of Moshe Fisher, a man who was "born without skin," so that no one is able to tell what race he belongs to; and Arrienne Christie, his quixotic soul mate who makes it her duty in life to protect Moshe from the social and emotional consequences of his strange appearance. The narrative begins with Moshe's birth in the late 1950s, four years before Jamaica's independence from colonial rule,...

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A Tall History of Sugar paperback · 2022 · Akashic Books · 366 pages · 9781617759772
Tall History of Sugar edition · 2021 · Canongate Books · 9781786898708
A Tall History of Sugar hardcover · 2019 · Akashic Books · 366 pages · 9781617757518
Tall History of Sugar edition · 2019 · Canongate Books · 9781786898715
A Tall History of Sugar audiobook · 2019 · HighBridge Audio · 9781684572687
Tall History of Sugar edition · 2019 · Canongate Books · 9781838850401
Tall History of Sugar edition · 2019 · Akashic Books · 9781617757815

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