Bloodlines

First edition. 8vo. Pp. [viii], 161. Red cloth boards, lettered in silver to spine; black endpapers. Jacket design with detail of Three Figures on a Red and Blue Houseboat by Bill Taylor, c. 1939–1942.

A novel in verse, the story of a black slave and her white lover. Past winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award and the David Higham Award. "D'Aguiar once again shows himself willing and able to follow his formidable imagination wherever it leads him. Readers who choose to accompany him will find it to be a fruitful journey." –Washington Post Book World