"I had the best of hopes for him, and he died, and I had the worst of hopes for her, and she survived. What is the lesson in that?" This is the question that Nathaniel poses to his friend, Clarence, after life forces him into introspection. The death of his infant son, Juju, plunges Nathaniel into a thirty year depression and a morbid preoccupation with death. He abandons his beloved farm in Walkers Wood for the slums of Kingston. Ultimately, he chastises...
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