Dimensions
132 x 196 x 33mm
A mesmerising novel of love, freedom, and retribution set in the Caribbean.
It is 1952 on the Caribbean island of Bimshire. Mary-Mathilda - mistress of plantation manager Mr Bellfeels and mother of his only son - summons the police to confess to a murder. Told over a single night, her story recounts a lifetime of sacrifice within a society drenched in racist oppression, climaxing in a brutal revenge.
'The Polished Hoe' is the winner of the Commonwealth Writers Prize, Canada's Giller Prize and Ontario's Trillium Book Award.
