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Young, Kerry, 1955-
Subjects
Chinese -- Jamaica -- Fiction.
Organized crime -- Fiction.
Social classes -- Jamaica -- Fiction.
Jamaica -- Fiction.
Jamaica -- Race relations -- Fiction.
Jamaica -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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Young, Kerry, 1955-
Chinese -- Jamaica -- Fiction.
Organized crime -- Fiction.
Social classes -- Jamaica -- Fiction.
Jamaica -- Fiction.
Jamaica -- Race relations -- Fiction.
Jamaica -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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Pao
: a
novel
/ Kerry Young.
by
Young, Kerry, 1955-
Bloomsbury USA, c2011.
Call #:
FICTION YOU
Subjects
Chinese -- Jamaica -- Fiction.
Organized crime -- Fiction.
Social classes -- Jamaica -- Fiction.
Jamaica -- Fiction.
Jamaica -- Race relations -- Fiction.
Jamaica -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781608195077 (trade pbk.)
1608195074 (trade pbk.)
Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Description:
280 p. ; 21 cm.
Summary:
As a young boy,
Pao
comes to Jamaica in the wake of the Chinese Civil War and rises to become the Godfather of Kingston's bustling Chinatown.
Pao
needs to take care of some dirty business, but he is no Don Corleone. The rackets he runs are small-time, and the protection he provides necessary, given the minority status of the Chinese in Jamaica.
Pao
, in fact, is a sensitive guy in a wise guy role that doesn't quite fit. Often mystified by all that he must take care of,
Pao
invariably turns to Sun Tzu's Art of War. The juxtaposition of the weighty, aphoristic words of the ancient Chinese sage, with the tricky criminal and romantic predicaments
Pao
must negotiate builds the basis of the
novel
's great charm. A tale of post-colonial Jamaica from a unique and politically potent perspective,
Pao
moves from the last days of British rule through periods of unrest at social and economic inequality, through tides of change that will bring about Rastafarianism and the Back to Africa Movement.
Pao
is an utterly beguiling, unforgettable
novel
of race, class and creed, love and ambition, and a country in the throes of tumultuous change.
Genre:
Social commentary fiction.
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