ISBN1568586566 (U.S. pbk.)
0571227617 (British)
9781568586564 (U.S. pbk.)
9780571227617 (British)
一般注記A history of Paradise -- (Black man) in Hammersmith Palais -- Trench Town mix up -- Strictly come dancehall -- Slaving -- Massa day done? -- I've got to go back home -- Forward unto Zion -- Maximum Black -- Stranded on Death Row -- The negotiator -- Blood and fire -- Revival time -- Don't call us immigrants -- English upbringing, background Caribbean -- Everything crash -- Nanny knew best -- The killing of a Chinese shopkeeper -- 007 (Shanty Town) -- Sitting in limbo -- Police and thieves -- Night nurse -- Scotland Yard -- Herbsman hustle -- Investors in people ('cargo') -- Lord Creator -- Life of contradiction -- Take down the Union Jack.
Originally published: London : Faber and Faber, 2009.
"Winner of the Ondaatje Prize"--Cover.