In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Edgar Mittelholzer's birth, this wide-ranging collection assembles recent essays on Mittelholzer as a pioneering Caribbean modernist, critical overviews of his published works throughout the past 50 years, and the reflections of his contemporaries such as Frank Collymore, George Lamming, and A. J. Seymour. Biographical accounts of the author s conflicted lifeincluding one by Mittelholzer s widow, Jacqueline Wardprovide an important background to the literature. Arguing for the continuing relevance of his fiction and its place in the Caribbean canon,...

Ruby Martin had moved away from the small Georgia town where she had grown up; in hopes that all of the dark dreams of her childhood would no longer haunt her. She hated her Grandpa, Dr. Neil Hagen and that hate had kept her away for over six years until now. Grandpa's attorney, Marcus Briggs had notified her about Grandpa's death. It seemed that her presence was required at the old doc's funeral and reading of his Will. From the moment Ruby returned; the madness of the old Hagen house seemed to take control of her life. With it the horrors she had tried so hard to forget. In his will Dr....

Ruby Martin's life had dipped down into the valley of despair. It seemed that everyone she fell in love with had come to a horrible untimely death. One of those deaths had been so that she and her darling little Annie would have a chance to live. Neil had given his life for them to live. Today Ruby had received a phone call from the past. When she recognized Karen's voice, Ruby's heart had pounded so hard that it nearly jumped out of her chest. Karen had brought an unbelievable story with proof to back it up. Ruby's happiness was bubbling over her as she watched Annie get to know her daddy...