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In a new and highly original take on Jamaican life, Winkler, the Caribbean's unrivalled master of adult comedy, introduces the estimable Precious, a large-bottomed, meltingly juicy Christian Jamaican woman with unshakeable ideas on the right and proper behaviour for Christian Jamaican women, their husbands, and men and dogs in general. But when her husband dies unexpectedly, Precious finds her ideas on proper behaviour assailed on every side, first in Kingston with her unwelcoming daughter-in-law, and then in Miami with her guntoting daughter. Precious spends many hours under her bed, checking proprieties with Jamaican Jesus, and on top of her bed, checking improprieties with the factotum Mannish, who is suffering the penalties of stealing camels in a previous life. Obliged to get a job as a dog-maid, however, Precious is outraged to discover that most improper of all are the attentions of her mistress's preposterously pampered pet, Riccardo.

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"A family comedy par excellence, Winkler negotiates the fine line between laughing with and at a character with aplomb ... Winkler's timing is well honed, and this comedy of cultural and generational clashes hits the right note nearly every time. --Jonathan Messinger, Time Out

"Winkler's wit, his ear for dialect and the sublime creation that is Precious add up to one howlingly funny book." --Publisher's Weekly

"Winkler has a fine ear for patois and dialogue, and a love of language that makes bawdy jokes crackle." --The New Yorker
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Anthony C. Winkler was born in Jamaica, and was educated in Jamaica and America. His first novel, The Painted Canoe, was published in Jamaica in 1984. The Lunatic followed in 1987, and Winkler also wrote the screenplay for a highly successful film of this novel. Other works include The Great Yacht Race (1992), Going Home to Teach (1995) and The Duppy (1997). In 1999 his original screenplay The Annihilation of Fish, was filmed in Los Angeles. Starring opposite James Earl Jones with Margot Kidder, Lynn Redgrave won Palm Beach Best Actress for her role as Poinsettia. He resides with his wife, Cathy, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

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  • EditoreMacmillan Caribbean
  • Data di pubblicazione2006
  • ISBN 10 1405070641
  • ISBN 13 9781405070645
  • RilegaturaCopertina rigida
  • Numero di pagine200
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