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Pao: A Novel (2011)

by Kerry Young(Favorite Author)

3.45 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1608195074 (ISBN13: 9781608195077)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Bloomsbury USA

review 1: Set in Jamaica in the mid 1900"s this novel tells the story of Pao, a "protector, godfather character " in the Chinese community in this country. It was interesting to me as I didn't know there was a Chinese community there. The book also enlightens the reader to the struggles for independence and control of their economy. Written in dialect the book is sometimes difficult to read but that dialect helps to make the story feel authentic. The characters are well defined and interesting and their interactions tell the story of the history of Jamaica. I always do better reading history if it is told in the form of a novel.
review 2: This novel has enough forward momentum to keep me interested in a subject that I probably would have never known about if no... moret for this story. There is a fair amount of reading between the lines which I appreciated from the author - she doesn't insult the reader's intelligence by explaining every little detail about the characters' for us. The one time where this fails is the heavy-handed discussions on Jamaican history. Often a chapter will begin with a few pages detailing what was happening in Jamaica at the time. I felt the history sat inelegantly on the page and worked better when the political events were woven into conversations between the characters rather than the out-of-place history lessons. less

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