- Published: 1 July 2008
- ISBN: 9780099520566
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 240
- RRP: $29.99
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- Published: 1 July 2008
- ISBN: 9780099520566
- Imprint: Vintage
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 240
- RRP: $29.99
A striking novel that pushes you dizzily into another time and place... Reading it is like being in the middle of a vibrant dream
Sunday Times
Phillips points up the hypocrisy and humiliation of a society at breaking point; revealing it with subtlety, humour and humanity
Sunday Telegraph
Caryl Phillips has proved himself to be among the best and most productive writers of his generation...with Cambridge he takes a firm step towards joining the company of the literary giants of our time
New York Times
This powerful, seductively readable book, set in a 19th century slave plantation, finally puts the sickening realities of the slave trade firmly on the map
Guardian
Phillips is a linguistic and cultural virtuoso
The Times
A dazzling act of historical reclamation
Independent