{"product_id":"god-carlos-paperback","title":"God Carlos - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnthony C. Winkler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--Winner of the 2014 Townsend Prize for Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Darkly irreverent . . . With a sharp tongue, Winkler, a native of Jamaica, deftly imbues this blackly funny satire with an exposé of colonialism's avarice and futility.\" --\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Winkler has a fine ear for patois and dialogue, and a love of language that makes bawdy jokes crackle.\" --\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eGod Carlos\u003c\/em\u003e transports us to a voyage aboard the \u003cem\u003eSanta Inez\u003c\/em\u003e, a Spanish sailing vessel bound for the newly discovered West Indies with a fortune-seeking band of ragtag sailors. She is an unusual explorer for her day, carrying no provisions for the settlers, no seed for planting crops, manned by vain, arrogant men looking for gold in Jamaica.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExpecting to make a landfall in paradise after over a month at sea, the crew of the \u003cem\u003eSanta Inez\u003c\/em\u003e instead find themselves in the middle of a timid, innocent people--the Arawaks--who walk around stark naked without embarrassment and who venerate their own customs and worship their own gods and creeds. The European newcomers do not find gold, only the merciless climate that nourishes diseases that slaughter them. The Arawaks' belief that the European arrivals were from heaven further complicates this impossible entanglement of culture, custom, and beliefs, ultimately leading to mutual doom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnthony C. Winkler\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1942 and is widely recognized as one of the island's finest exports. After being expelled from Cornwall College for refusing to submit to corporal punishment (which entailed being beaten with a cane), he eventually made his way to California where he attended Citrus College and California State University, earning a BA and MA in English. His first published novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Painted Canoe\u003c\/i\u003e (1984), received critical acclaim and was followed by \u003ci\u003eThe Lunatic\u003c\/i\u003e (1987), \u003ci\u003eThe Great Yacht Race\u003c\/i\u003e (1992), \u003ci\u003eThe Duppy\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), \u003ci\u003eCrocodile\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), \u003ci\u003eDog War\u003c\/i\u003e (2007), \u003ci\u003eGod Carlos\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), and \u003ci\u003eThe Family Mansion\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. \u003ci\u003eTrust the Darkness: My Life as a Writer\u003c\/i\u003e, his autobiography, was published in 2008. His writing credits also include film scripts and plays. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife Cathy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 04, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47247452897529,"sku":"9781617751394","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Gwel2FyAlY9781617751394.webp?v=1768626457","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/god-carlos-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}