The wonder that was ours
Subtitle: a novel
By: Alice Hatcher
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9781945814600
Subjects: Ex-convicts; Taxicab drivers; Race relations; Fiction
Description: Wynston Cleave, a black taxi driver on a small Caribbean island, spent years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of the death of a wealthy white tourist. Finally released, he tries to piece his life together working as a bartender and reading literary classics to the unruly cockroaches infesting his taxi. On the anniversary of his arrest, Wynston picks up two white Americans just kicked off a cruise ship. The next day, the ship reports a deadly viral outbreak. As the tourist economy collapses, the island succumbs to riots and a devastating spiral of violence, and Wynston's fate becomes entwined with that of three strangers.