Dead Yard

Ian Thomson

RRP: £14.99

Publisher: FABER & FABER

Publication Date : 07/05/2009

Hardback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

Trade paperback. An in-depth study of the underbelly of the country that has close ties to Britain, examining the parts few tourists want to see.

Publisher's description:

Jamaica used to be the source of much of Britain's wealth, an island where slaves grew sugar and the money flowed out in vast quantities. Since independence in 1962, it has gradually become a society where extreme violence has become ordinary and gangs control the areas where most Jamaicans live. This book explores a country of lost promise.

ISBN: 9780571227617