Hungry ghosts : a novel / Kevin Jared Hosein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hosein, Kevin Jared, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Missing persons--Fiction.

Missing persons.

Social classes--Fiction.

Social classes.

Families--Fiction.

Families.

Farm life--Fiction.

Farm life.

Nineteen forties--Fiction.

Nineteen forties.

Trinidad and Tobago--Fiction.

Trinidad and Tobago.

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Historical fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

vii, 327 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]

Summary:

"Trinidad in the 1940s, nearing the end of American occupation and British colonialism. On a hill overlooking Bell Village sits the Changoor farm, where Dalton and Marlee Changoor live in luxury unrecognizable to those who reside in the farm's shadow. Down below is the barrack, a ramshackle building ... divided into rooms occupied by whole families. Among these families are the Saroops--Hans, Shweta, and their son, Krishna, all three born of the barracks. Theirs are hard lives of back-breaking work, grinding poverty, devotion to faith, and a battle against nature and a social structure designed to keep them where they are. But when Dalton goes missing and Marlee's safety is compromised, farmhand Hans is lured by the promise of a handsome stipend to move to the farm as a watchman. As the mystery of Dalton's disappearance unfolds, the lives of the wealthy couple and those who live in the barracks below become insidiously entwined"--Dust jacket flap.

Notes:

"Originally published in Great Britain in 2022 by Bloomsbury Publishing"--Title page verso.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Beardwood Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780063213388

0063213389

OCLC:

1365620571