An Absence of Ruins Ben Jelloun

An Absence of Ruins Ben JellounAn Absence of Ruins was originally published in 1967, a period of decolonising ferment in Jamaica. This important and much sought after Caribbean classic is now lovingly restored to print, with an introduction by Jeremy Poynting. Patterson writes in the tradition of Dostoyevsky and Camus, creating a spiritual heir to the unnamed I of Notes from the Underground or La Chute. Through the tangled love life of one Alexander Blackman, Patterson offers up a

their influences

Ciaran Carson

I hated subtexts

for whom love is bed

and of the region as a whole

The Doll with Two Backs

of war and death

but the combination of verse and visual is

An authentic and chilling fictional glimpse into the world of those with serious mental health problems

Iain Sinclair - Walking Through Liverpool

a Writers' Guild Award for comedy

the novel Everything Must Change (2007)