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A Caribbean mystery

When a rich farmer goes missing and his young wife seeks the protection of an impoverished labourer, the consequences are disastrous

18 February 2023

9:00 AM

18 February 2023

9:00 AM

Hungry Ghosts Kevin Jared Hosein

Bloomsbury, pp.327, 18.99

In rural Trinidad in the early 1940s, in a village on a hill, the rich rise like bread to the very top. This is where Dalton Changoor and his much younger wife Marlee live, in a mansion on a large plot of land that requires plenty of upkeep. The poor dwell at the bottom, among them several Hindus who just about manage to stave off poverty by doing odd jobs for the Changoors.

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