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Title: The Lunatic by Anthony C. Winkler ISBN: 9-7661014-9-3 Publisher: LMH Publishing Company Pub. Date: March, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Too funny for words - you must read for yourself
Comment: This is undoubtedly the funniest book I have ever read. 10 years ago in my college dorm through peals of laughter, which had everyone thinking I had gone mad - as mad as Aloysius - I read this tale in 24 hours. Since then I have reread the book several times and given copies as gifts for a variety of occasions. Each time, the response of belly ripping laughter has been the same.
This is a true depiction of the quintessential Jamaican rural mad man. Those of us who grew up in rural Jamaica know an Aloysius. The theme might seem like a simple silly Jamaican comedy, but the writing style is eloquent and easy. Tony does not skip a beat.
I have two criticisms; the first is that we end on an anti-climax as if the writer ran out of ideas or he became tired of writing. Therefore I felt that the tale ended too abruptly. Then again, this feeling could also be due to my desire to have this story go on and on. My second criticism is that I sensed a touch of Condescension by the narattor to ordinary poor country folk. In the Jamaican context, the church going old woman who slept with the mad man would hardly have done such a thing. But then again this is fiction. I guees the problem for me is that when fiction mimics real life so closely, one wants consistency throughout. Nevertheless, I give this five stars - and more - every time I read it.
Also recommended: Slip Stream, by Rachel Manley, Orange Laughter, by Leone Ross, Mine Boy by Peter Abrahams.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Lunatic
Comment: mi laugh until mi bawl wid tears running down mi cheek, as a jamaican I think Anthony winkler went in the mind of a madman to wirite the book. The book has brought me closer to my roots, there are chapters in the book that I can relate to espcially the backras.
Rating: 5
Summary: Mi laugh till mi bawl.
Comment: There isn't much of a tradition of the comic novel in the West Indies. (Naipaul, I suppose, and a couple of others.) Winkler seems in a fair way to be creating a tradition all on his own by combining magical realism and traditional humour.
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Title: The Duppy by Anthony C. Winkler ISBN: 9766101515 Publisher: LMH Publishing Pub. Date: December, 1997 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Going Home to Teach by Anthony C. Winkler ISBN: 9766101523 Publisher: LMH Publishing Pub. Date: December, 1995 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Painted Canoe (Phoenix Fiction) by Anthony C. Winkler ISBN: 0226902064 Publisher: University of Chicago Press (Trd) Pub. Date: January, 1989 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: Book of Jamaica by Russell Banks ISBN: 0060977078 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 08 May, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: One People by Guy Kennaway ISBN: 0862418291 Publisher: Canongate Books Pub. Date: 02 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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