'A beautifully written love story that travels beyond epic' ANSTEY HARRIS, author of THE HOUSE OF LOST SECRETS'A cosmically thwarted romance' DAILY MAILFrom the critically acclaimed author of THE RULES OF SEEING and WHEN THE MUSIC STOPSFor Mika and Jem, love is love; wherever, whenever and whoever they are.
The newest English translation of one of Haiti's most powerful literary voices Desiree Congo is a riveting, powerful, and profoundly original novel set in the final years of the Haitian Revolution at the dawn of the nineteenth century.