The Kiskadee is a bird native to Guyana and often referred to in Edgar Mittelholzer's brilliant novel, The Life and Death of Sylvia (1953). The bird is so named because its cry seemed by French colonists to be enquiring: "Qu’ est ce qu’il dit?". So what did he say? This blog is about two key topics: EDGAR MITTELHOLZER (his life and his works) and ME (my encounter with Mittelholzer and tales of life in Guyana).

Monday, 24 November 2014

Pomeroon Chips: Voyage in the Dark

Up until yesterday this was one of my prized novels; a first edition published in 1934, written by Jean Rhys. The cover used to say 'Voyage in the Dark'. Last night it became food for the cockroaches and by this morning tiny bits of poo'd out pellet for the bin.



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