Description
Named the Dolman Travel Book of the Year, The Dead Yard paints an unforgettable portrait of modern Jamaica. Since independence, Jamaica has gradually become associated with twin images--a resort-style travel Eden for foreigners and a new kind of hell for Jamaicans, a society where gangs control the areas where most Jamaicans live and drug lords like Christopher Coke rule elites and the poor alike.
Ian Thomson's brave book explores a country of lost promise, where America's hunger for drugs fuels a dependent economy and shadowy politics. The lauded birthplace of reggae and Bob Marley, Jamaica is now sunk in corruption and hopelessness. A synthesis of vital history and unflinching reportage, The Dead Yard is "a fascinating account of a beautiful, treacherous country" (Irish Times).
Author: Ian Thomson
Publisher: Nation Books
Published: 03/01/2011
Pages: 392
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 8.77h x 6.12w x 1.02d
ISBN13: 9781568586564
ISBN10: 1568586566
BISAC Categories:
- History | Caribbean & West Indies | General
- History | Modern | 21st Century
About the Author
Ian Thomson is the author of Primo Levi, which won the Royal Society of Literature's W. H. Heinemann Award in 2003. He lives in London.