A Perfect Pledge
Maharaj, Rabindranath Moving, funny and captivating, this new novel by the author of The Lagahoo's Apprentice and Homer in Flight takes us to village Trinidad and a family headed by an irascible cane farmer who continually plots to improve life for his family and contemporaries, much to their dismay. Narpat thought he would never have a son, but after three girls, his wife gives birth to Jeeves, a scrawny little boy who comes to adore his storytelling father and wi...