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  • Published: 1 September 2018
  • ISBN: 9780807083734
  • Imprint: Beacon Press
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 220
  • RRP: $35.00

Tide Running



Cliff and Ossi have grown up in Plymouth on the island of Tobago, their lives turning on the axis of small-town life. One day they watch the arrival of a couple 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, brittle life of urban Plymouth is kept briefly at bay, desires obscuring differences in class and race. But then things begin to go wrong-money vanishes, the couple's car disappears-and those differences are brought suddenly to light, raising unsettling questions about relationships, wealth, and responsibility.

  • Published: 1 September 2018
  • ISBN: 9780807083734
  • Imprint: Beacon Press
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 220
  • RRP: $35.00

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