Bay of Souls

Paperback

Main Details

Title Bay of Souls
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Robert Stone
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback
Pages:256
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 153
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9781447248866
ClassificationsDewey:813.54
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Pan Macmillan
Imprint Picador
Publication Date 1 August 2013
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Michael Ahearn, a professor at a rural college, sheds his comfortable assumptions when he becomes obsessed with a new faculty member from the Caribbean, Lara Purcell. An expert in Third World politics, Lara is seductive, dangerous - and in thrall, she claims, to a voodoo spirit who has possession of her soul. Impassioned and determined, Michael pursues Lara in her native island of St. Trinity, heedless of the political upheaval there. Together they desperately attempt to reclaim all that Lara has lost. Yet island intrigue ensnares them. Lara sacrifices herself to ritual and superstition. Michael is caught unawares in a high-stakes smuggling scheme. In his feverish state of mind, the world becomes an ever-shifting phantasmagoria. He is, himself, possessed.

Author Biography

Robert Stone is the award-winning author of six previous novels, including the best-selling Damascus Gate.