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020			_a9781784877026
037			_cPurchased _nPrism Books, Kadavanthra
041			_aEnglish
082			_aF _bLAD/NO
100			_aLadoo, Harold Sonny
245			_aNO PAIN LIKE THIS BODY
250			_a1
260			_aDublin _bVintage _c2022
300			_g185
500			_a'A masterpiece of hurt' New York Times WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MONIQUE ROFFEY In the Caribbean, at the beginning of the last century, a poor rice-growing family struggle to exist. Four siblings pass their days in the ricefield, as does Ma. But Pa is an angry man ready to vent. It is the August rainy season and above their heads the black sky crackles with lightning. On the day that Pa nearly drowns Ma in a tub of washing water, the children and their mother escape into the cane fields to wait out Pa's rage. But eight-year-old Rama, catches a chill in the rain and falls ill. What follows is a tale of the inheritance of loss. It contains a heart-stopping intensity that places it as one of the greatest Caribbean novels ever written. 'It is a novel unconcerned with anything but truth-telling' Dionne Brand 'To anyone who knows Caribbean literature his novel is infamous, and Ladoo is seen as one of the region's great literary stars' Independent 'Ladoo drags you through this terrific hurricane, and you can never forget it' Amanda Smyth, author of Fortune
650			_aEnglish fiction
650			_aPoverty
650			_aEnglish
650			_aFate and fatalism
650			_aFamilies
650			_aFiction
650			_aCaribbean Area
650			_aPoor
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999			_c189591 _d189591