A High Wind in Jamaica
Publisher: HarperCollins; Harvill
Published: March 1994
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780002713122
First sentence: ONE OF THE fruits of Emancipation in the West Indian islands is the number of the ruins, either attached to the houses that remain or within a stone's throw of them: ruined slaves' quarters, ruined sugar-grinding houses, ruined boiling houses; often ruined mansions that were too expensive to maintain.