Author Colin Channer reads The Girl with the Golden Shoes May 10, 2007

From Publishers Weekly: "A picaresque set on the fictional Caribbean island of San Carlos in 1942, Channer's rewarding and tense novella follows the journey of fishing village outcast Estrella Thompson, a precocious 14-year-old with a woman's body who seeks shoes, employment and acceptance in the capital city of Seville…Estrella comes of age practically by the hour…Channer writes with an intriguing, lyrical blend of English and Caribbean patois and uses simple language and crisp imagery...this novella—a moral fable, Russell Banks notes in his afterword—signals the arrival of a talent matured." An acclaimed novelist, Channer founded the Calabash International Literary Festival and teaches at Medgar Evers College.

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