A Different Hurricane
by H. Nigel Thomas
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Pub Date 11 Feb 2025 | Archive Date 1 Jan 2025
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Description
Gordon and Allan, boys from a peasant background, grow up in neighbouring villages in tiny, violently homophobic St Vincent, and vow to be lifelong lovers in a secret relationship. They complete their university studies in Montreal and London, respectively, where LGBTQ folk are tolerated, then return to St Vincent.
But their secret lives come at the expense of others — notably Gordon’s wife, Maureen, who is the first to be irreparably harmed. Maureen has confided her painful secrets to an accusatory journal, and it is now up to Gordon to keep that journal from local media, and the unforgiving eyes of the authorities, or he and Allan will be the next victims of this beautiful and hidebound island.
Advance Praise
"A Different Hurricane, with its examination of love between mature black gay and bisexual men, is reminiscent of James Baldwin’s masterpiece Just Above My Head and Bernadine Evaristo’s Mr. Loverman." — Charles I. Nero, Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies and Africana
"In Caribbean society, where homosexuality is often seen as a secret vice, this is a story of unflinching loyalty and genuine love." — Judith Elaine Cowan, author of The Permanent Nature of Everything
"H. Nigel Thomas guides us to the tempest’s deceptively calm eye, where each soul is revealed in subtle shades of light and dark and the faintest whispers of their human spirit heard." — Clayton Bailey, author of Optiques
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781459754065 |
| PRICE | US$19.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 272 |
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