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Washington Black: Shortlisted For the Man Booker Prize 2018

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Author Esi Edugyan Published by Serpent’s Tail ISBN 9781781258972 EAN 9781781258972 Bic Code F Cover Paperback

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When two English brothers take the helm of a Barbados sugar plantation, nervousness and fear run high. Washington Black – an eleven year-old field slave who has known no other life – is aghast to find himself selected as personal servant to one of these men. His new master is the eccentric Christopher Wilde – naturalist, explorer, scientist, inventor and abolitionist – whose single-minded pursuit of the perfect aerial machine mystifies all around him. Through Wilde, Washington is initiated into a world of wonder: a world where even a boy born in chains may embrace a life of dignity and meaning.