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Swimming in the volcano
a novel
By Shacochis, Bob
- ISBN
- 978-0-68419-260-4
- Publisher
- New York : Scribner's Sons ; c1993.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 1993
In the opening pages of Shacochis's splendid first novel, Mitchell Wilson, an American who works for the Ministry of Agriculture on the Caribbean island of St. Catherine, is heading downhill. His lost love, Joanna, has decided to drop into his life again, and he's on his way to the airport to meet her, riding in a dilapidated car whose brakes--dependent on coconut oil for braking fluid--have failed. Wilson's harrowing ride is a perfect metaphor fo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
