Structured like a Creole quadrille this lyrical novel is a rich ethnography bearing witness to police violence in French Guadeloupe. Narrators both living and dead recount the racial and class stratification that led to a protestturnedmassacre. While Damburys English debut is a memorial to a largely forgotten atrocity it is also a celebration of the vibrancy and resilience of Guadeloupeans.show more