ABOUT
THE BOOK

Buxton Spice introduces a vibrant new voice. Set in Tamarind Grove, a fictional village on the coast of Guyana in the seventies, it features a spirited young narrator, Lulu, growing up in a world full of wonder and danger. Against the backdrop of a disintegrating society, Lulu and her friends explore their emerging sexuality. Impressionistic, raw, intimate, captures the essence of the end of childhood culminating in the night when childhood and innocence fall apart.