Caryl Phillip’s new novel tells of the abandoned and the forgotten; of those who are stripped of the only thing they have left – their humanity.An attempt to explore the psyche of the black world, this novel is in three parts. The author has written many scripts, and his previous books include "The Final Passage" winner of the Malcolm X award, and "A State of Independence", which won the 1987 Martin Luther King Memorial Prize.

West Africa, Poland.