Bethany Bettany

8vo. Pp. [vi], 312. Glossy wrappers.

Author's fourth novel. An allegorical tale set in present day Guyana, its eponymous heroine an abandoned child with a severe speech impediment. By the British-Guyanese poet, novelist and playwright, currently a Professor of English and Director of Creative Writing at UCLA. Winner of the 1994 Whitbread First Novel Award for The Longest Memory. "D'Aguiar's forte is in getting under the skin of his character... an ambitious novel." –The Times