Hungry Ghosts: A BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick

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Krishna doesn't understand how you can be Hindu at home and Presbyterian at school; you can't serve two masters. This alone confuses and irritates Krishna.

Krishna ran to get the plank. Skated in the mud. Crashed face-first into the water. The two tilapia still flopping madly. Krishna scrambled for the wood. Reached his hand into the water. Finally got hold of it. Hoisted it into the air as if he’d already claimed victory. A shrill line of kingfishers fluttered over them.A tale that throbs with the threat of danger, both emotional and physical … Hungry Ghosts is a dazzling debut His first adult novel, Hungry Ghosts, was published in 2023. [4] His writings have appeared in Lightspeed magazine, Wasafiri, and on BBC Radio 4. [5] Early life and education [ edit ] Before disappearing, he went to the shed (where Marlee was listening) and had a conversation with his mother (Dalton believes his deceased mother is trapped inside a picture), where he spoke of a proper heir.

A book begging to be read on the beach, with the sun warming the sand and salt in the air: pure escapism.

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a b c d e f g Ramlochan, Shivanee (1 November 2018). "Kevin Jared Hosein: a writer with a plan | Closeup". Caribbean Beat . Retrieved 3 February 2021. An unflinching exploration of quotidian existence in 1940s Trinidad. Hosein is especially good at portraying the difficulty of life in a brutal world, and the paradoxically beautiful moments that visit those who struggle to survive. This is a very sensual novel, teeming with life but also frequently focused on decay, disease, death, and rebirth. The writing is rich and vivid. The subject matter is often unpleasant, but I was very invested in the story of this diverse, complicated, resilient community. Ultimately, this was a depressing and heavy read and I was disappointed that there weren’t many references to ghosts at all. I don’t think I really liked any of the characters? Apart from Rookmin. A] family drama and an acute study of social structure...A highly recommended story of family and class divides that will break readers' hearts.

by Kevin Jared Hosein

This group will feature books written by Caribbean Authors and books that are Caribbean themed. Please feel free to recommend books, even if it is you This group will feature books written by Caribbean Authors and books that are Caribbean themed. Please feel free to recommend books, even if it is your own. A deftly written novel with evocative, lyrical prose, vivid characterisation and a heartbreaking plot. Something shifted in me that night. A small voice in my head said, maybe you can make a way for yourself as a poet here, too.’ In Conversation with Kevin Jared Hosein: 'This is a book about dreams slowly turning into nightmares; appetites slowly turning into anguish' ". Bloomsbury. 26 January 2023 . Retrieved 5 February 2023.

Visible in the distance was the church, a monolith so tall that it was visible from any walk. The rictus of Christ more like an adjudicating scowl than a pained grimace. The chorus of some Friday evening rehearsal warming the still air like birdsong. Suddenly, the sound of a bell. A lady in the store commented to a clerk, Hear that? Look like Miss Betsy finally pass on, God rest that old woman soul. Krishna wondered if the bell tolled for all souls – or only for the ones that’d been baptised.V ULTURES do not have an enviable reputation. The upside, from their perspective, is that they can survive on carrion that would poison most other animals. “Knowing to savour bowels and maggoty flesh,” each scavenger that swoops into Kevin Jared Hosein’s novel is “hated by the world that it will eventually eat”. To put into brief context—these are the words from the Lord of Dharma to a future king, Yudhishthira. When told that his brothers were in hell, the future king demanded to be taken there. Once there, he searched but could not find them. Instead, he found himself smothered under the screams of souls hollowed by unending fright. At first, Yudhishthira could not stomach it—he was tempted to leave many times. But he spent a long time there, surveying suffering and blight, only to eventually learn that his brothers were in heaven.