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Eve out of Her Ruins" is a heartbreaking look at the dark corners of the island nation of Mauritius that tourists never see, and a poignant exploration of lives at the margins of society. Published in the UK for the first time, this celebrated novel won the 2006 Prix des cinq continents de la Francophonie.

Set in a part of the island nation of Mauritius which tourists never see, this poetic thriller contrasts the perspectives of four young people desperate to escape their country's endless cycle of fear and violence.

The demented romance between an elderly white woman and a British-Jamaican boy, comes to horrific climax as white supremacy and class conflict collide on the streets of London.

A chance encounter on Portobello Road incites an unsettling, magnetic attraction between Mary, a 75-year-old British spinster, and Cub, a 13-year-old Jamaican boy from Brixton. Mary clings increasingly to phantoms and fantasies as dementia overtakes her reality. But her macabre romance with Cub comes to a horrific climax, as white supremacy, poverty, and class conflict explode on the streets of London.

A harrowing account of the hidden violent reality of life in her native country by the figurehead of Mauritian literature.