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JackMandora

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The inside story about the wonderful world of Caribbean literature and life in Jamaica, with an occasional departure into whatever.

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  • Three Songs for Courage

    Posted on Sunday November 15th, 2009 at 21:24 in books, maxine trottier, three songs for courage

    Well I have to tell you, I chuckled a whole lot while reading this. Maxine Trottier has a penchant for creating humour with the use of exaggeration and original metaphors. The narrative flows quite easily and is a pleasure to read. There's plenty of ...

  • Where are You Now?

    Posted on Sunday October 11th, 2009 at 00:23 in books, mary higgins clarke

    This one started off something of a drag but soon captured my attention. It's about a promising young man who disappears and soon after begins to make annual calls to his mother on mother's day. That story line by itself is intriguing. For a while I ...

  • Yertle the Turtle and other stories

    Posted on Tuesday September 29th, 2009 at 01:51 in books, children's books, dr. suess

    You're right, it is a title from Dr. Suess.Yertle was king of all he could see but that was not enough, for he could only see the pond in which he lived. So he ordered nine turtles to stack themselves up so he could climb higher and see more.But soon...

  • Michael Crichton's Sphere

    Posted on Monday July 27th, 2009 at 08:00 in books, michael crichton, sphere, angel girl, the little gentleman

    Sphere, the 1987 thriller, by ER writer Michael Crichton, certainly lived up to Newsweek's rave that it's a page turner.Yep, I turned page after page and gobbled the book off in a Jiffy. But when I was done I had indigestion. The nail biting suspens...

  • Tek Kin Teet Kibba Heart Bun

    Posted on Friday July 24th, 2009 at 08:30 in jamaicanisms, folk wisdom fridays

    Kin teet is Jamaican for laughter.Kibba means cover.Bun stands for burn.When translated you get someting like 'use laughter to cover pain'.This is by no means saying be a stoic. Not at all. We Jamaicans are open and unabashed where grief and distress...

  • Miguel Street

    Posted on Monday July 20th, 2009 at 08:59 in books, caribbean writers

    "Like the great masters of the past, V.S. Naipaul tells stories which show us ourselves and the reality we live in. His use of language is as precise as it is beautiful. Simple, strong words, with which to express the humanity of all of us." David Pr...

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