The dead yard
Subtitle: a story of modern Jamaica
By: Ian Thomson
Publisher: Nation Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
ISBN-13: 9781568586564; 9781568586663
Subjects: Politics and government; Social conditions; Description and travel; Moral conditions; History
Notes: Originally published: London : Faber and Faber, 2009.

"Winner of the Ondaatje Prize"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 350-356) and index.
Table of contents: title: A history of Paradise; title: (Black man) in Hammersmith Palais; title: Trench Town mix up; title: Strictly come dancehall; title: Slaving; title: Massa day done?; title: I've got to go back home; title: Forward unto Zion; title: Maximum Black; title: Stranded on Death Row; title: The negotiator; title: Blood and fire; title: Revival time; title: Don't call us immigrants; title: English upbringing, background Caribbean; title: Everything crash; title: Nanny knew best; title: The killing of a Chinese shopkeeper; title: 007 (Shanty Town); title: Sitting in limbo; title: Police and thieves; title: Night nurse; title: Scotland Yard; title: Herbsman hustle; title: Investors in people ('cargo'); title: Lord Creator; title: Life of contradiction; title: Take down the Union Jack.