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In Print
Agatha Raisin and
th e F a ir ie s o f
Frvfam
By M.C. Beaton
St. M artin’s Minotaur; 2000
W hen a fo rtu n e -te lle r from a
previous case informs Agatha Raisin
that her destiny - and true love -
lies in Norfolk, she promptly rents
a cottage in the quaint village of
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Fryfam. No sooner does she arrive
than strange things start happening.
Random objects go missing from
people’s homes and odd little lights
are seen dancing in the villagers’
gardens and yards. Stories soon
begin circulating about the presence
o f fairies.
But when a prom inent village
resident is found murdered and some
suspicion falls on her and her friend
Sir Charles Fraith, Agatha decides
sh e’s had enough o f this fairy
nonsense and steps up her sleuthing
for a human killer.
The prickly yet endearing Agatha
will have fans dangling in suspense:
Will she catch her crook - and a
husband?
A G A TH A
RAISIN
AND THE FAIRIES
of FRYFAM
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Buxton Spice
By Oonya Kempadoo
First Plume Printing; 2000
Reverberating with the cadences of
the West Indies and with the stirrings
o f a young girl’s heart, mind, and
body, Buxton Spice tells the story
of Lulu, and o f the town ofTamarind
Grove: its colorful inhabitants, its
eccentric families, its sweepingjoys
and sudden tragedies. Here are the
mud-red banks where Lula and her
friends slide down into the milky
tea water o f the Broadie canal. Here
is the emerging sexuality o f young
girls who can see what the madness
o f desire - and men - can reap. And
here, in a village tom between
cultures, between the future and the
past, will come an explosion of
politics and violence ignited by the
eternal human dividers o f race,
money, and religion.
T h ro u g h its lu sh , e v o c a tiv e
language, Buxton Spice brings
1970s Guyana - and a world at a
c ro ssro a d s
— to
v ib ra n t,
unforgettable life. A novel that
perfectly captures a child’s keen
observations, sense o f wonder, and
the g ro w in g c o m p le x ity o f
c o n scio u sn ess th at m arks the
p a ssa g e from in n o c e n c e to
experience, it is a striking debut by
an eloquent new voice in literary
fiction.
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