{"product_id":"bivouac","title":"Bivouac","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kwame Dawes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e Bivouac\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe death of a Jamaican man's father raises questions about the father's political endeavors, and about the plight of 1980s Jamaica.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Few other novels encapsulate Jamaica's political upheavals so well. Protagonist Ferron Morgan agonizes over his father's death, maybe from a doctor's mistake, maybe from a radical rival's hands. Meanwhile, he's running from everything, including his own emotions about his fiancee--with sad results. \u003ci\u003eBivouac\u003c\/i\u003e is not an easy or light book, but the immediacy Dawes creates is worth it.\" --\u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, included in 5 Books You May Have Missed in April\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An examination of grief and politics in a deftly written novel set in 1980s Jamaica . . . Astonishing prose.\" --\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen Ferron Morgan's father dies in suspicious circumstances, his trauma is exacerbated by the conflict within his family and among his father's friends over whether the death was the result of medical negligence or if it was a political assassination. Ferron grew up in awe of his father's radical political endeavors, but in later years he watched as the resurgence of the political right in the Caribbean in the 1980s robbed the man of his faith.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ferron's response to the death is further complicated by guilt, particularly over his failure to protect his fiancee from a brutal assault. He begins to investigate the direction of his life with great intensity, in particular his instinct to keep moving on and running from trouble.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This is a sharply focused portrayal of Jamaica at a tipping point in its recent past, in which the private grief and trauma condenses a whole society's scarcely understood sense of temporariness and dislocation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781617757105\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e Height: 8.2 Inches, Length: 5.2 Inches, Weight: 0.55 Pounds, Width: 0.9 Inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e en\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kwame Dawes","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53801772482867,"sku":"9781617757105","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/3636\/7411\/files\/27333283482763.jpg?v=1785979781","url":"https:\/\/bookabaloo.com\/products\/bivouac","provider":"Bookabaloo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}