New York. 1994. Farrar Straus Giroux. 1st Printing. Very Good in Dustjacket.

New York. 1994. Farrar Straus Giroux. 1st Printing. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0374280665. 371 pages. hardcover. Jacket photograph by Maggie Steeber. Jacket design by James Conrad. keywords: Literature Translated Haiti Caribbean. FROM THE PUBLISHER-UNDER THE BONE is a harrowing, evocative tale of political intrigue and violence in post-Duvalier Haiti. Against the backdrop of electoral tensions, the novel opens with the discovery of a corpse, outside Port-au-Prince, by Elysse Voltaire, a young Haitian woman who is later framed for murder. Her plight, and that of Ti Cedric, a missing peasant activist, become the focus of an investigation by Leslie Doyle, an American human-rights worker, aided by a circle of Haitian advocates. Leslie's journey leads her from the houses ransacked by the Tontons Macoutes-Haiti's death squads-to killing fields, hospitals, prisons, and, finally to the truth. At once a mystery and a chronicle of hope and despair in the world's first black republic, UNDER THE BONE weaves a range of narrative to present a vivid, compelling picture of life in contemporary Haiti. Lyrical, haunting, and streaked with black humor, under the Bone marks the debut of a gifted young novelist and an astute observer of the human condition. inventory #19081.

Uncorrected proof. Printed wrappers. Crease on the rear wrap, else fine. Publisher's promotional material laid in.

Uncorrected proof. Printed wrappers. Crease on the rear wrap, else fine. Publisher's promotional material laid in.