The Ventriloquist's Tale
Pauline Melville
On a visit to Guyana in South America a woman writer from Britain has an illicit romance with a Scottish-Indian cattle rancher. In the course of it she learns of an incestuous affair involving his ancestors. A tale within a tale.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Year
- 1997
- ISBN-13
- 9780747531500
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topics
- Forbidden loveFamily secretsCultural identity in Guyana
Awards
- Women's Prize for FictionShortlistedMajor(1998)
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