Another "el"-type crime writer.
I picked up The Big Mango at the library. It is published by
Akashic, which also published Adios Muchachos and Jose
Latour's Outcast (indicated as out of print: has anyone else
reprinted it?), so I thought it was a good bet.
The author has all kinds of credentials as a journalist and
one other book about Nina Halligan, PI, under his belt. The
story concerns a Caribbean island nation called Misericordia,
which seems modelled on Haiti. Its president calls Nina for
help, but that's as far as I got. The book begins with
background on Misericordia's history, then moves into the
story proper, with lots of discussion of Caribbean and
African-American politics.
Anyway, the word "peazant," repeated a number of times, made
me wonder if I was missing some sort of political
connotations, or if it was just the editing that was really
bad. Thirty-four excruciating pages later, I decided the
writer and editor together were too much for me.
I had been looking forward to an exciting story featuring an
African-American woman as a tough private investigator and
was sorely disappointed. Has anyone tried Black Heat and
found it worth recommending?
Karin
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