SOCIAL SCIENCES

Even in Paradise

by Elizabeth Nunez

Akashic. 2016. 320p. ISBN 9781617754398. $27.95; pap. ISBN 9781617754401. $15.95; ebk. ISBN 9781617754562. F

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Novelist Nunez, who tackled The Tempest in her 2006 novel, Prospero's Daughter, here offers a retelling of King Lear. Both novels feature a cast of multicultural characters and a Caribbean setting.

Reviewed by Molly McArdle , Jan 01, 2017

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