Roy Heath

Praise for The Murderer

A beautiful writer and an unforgettable book.

Salman Rushdie

The Murderer, Roy Heath's masterpiece, is written with immediacy and precision. In a few sentences, Heath creates a psychological tension that is totally convincing and gripping. Slowly, as the main character ...

Colm Tóibín

A literary thriller ... The Murderer is a strange, luminous, and beguiling work by a writer with a mysterious and captivating Caribbean voice, who shied away from publicity and is now resurrected.

Colin Grant, New York Review of Books

A beautiful writer and an unforgettable book.

Salman Rushdie

The Murderer, Roy Heath's masterpiece, is written with immediacy and precision. In a few sentences, Heath creates a psychological tension that is totally convincing and gripping. Slowly, as the main character ...

Colm Tóibín

A literary thriller ... The Murderer is a strange, luminous, and beguiling work by a writer with a mysterious and captivating Caribbean voice, who shied away from publicity and is now resurrected.

Colin Grant, New York Review of Books

A beautiful writer and an unforgettable book.

Salman Rushdie

The Murderer, Roy Heath's masterpiece, is written with immediacy and precision. In a few sentences, Heath creates a psychological tension that is totally convincing and gripping. Slowly, as the main character ...

Colm Tóibín

A literary thriller ... The Murderer is a strange, luminous, and beguiling work by a writer with a mysterious and captivating Caribbean voice, who shied away from publicity and is now resurrected.

Colin Grant, New York Review of Books