In the Castle of My Skin
George Lamming
'They won't know you, the you that's hidden somewhere in the castle of your skin'
In a sleepy fishing village, nine-year-old G. leads a life of quiet mischief. While the village lies tranquil in the shadow of its English landlord, Mr Creighton, G. makes his own fun, crab catching, teasing preachers, and playing among the pumpkin vines.
A powerful autobiographical novel of race and class by one of the leading Caribbean writers of the 20th century, this classic coming-of-age novel is a story of tragic innocence, as the precocious G. comes to consciousness amid the collapse of colonial rule in 1930s Barbados.