![]() Before it comes, before the end of the day, this wildly imaginative narrative will take us across the islands, through their history, and into the lives of unforgettable characters. ![]() Meanwhile, graffiti messages from an unknown source are asking hard questions. The governor’s daughter, Sonteine, still hasn’t come into her cors, but her corrupt father is demanding the macaenus make a feast for her wedding. ![]() Anise, his long-lost love, is on a march toward reckoning with her healing powers. ![]() Xavier Redchoose is the macaenus of his generation, anointed by the gods to make each resident one perfect meal when the time is right. A place of stunning beauty and incorrigible mischief, destiny and mystery, it is also a place in need of change. Somewhere far away-or maybe right nearby-lies an archipelago called Popisho. From the gods: a thing so inexpressibly your own. voice sings out loud and pure.” -Eowyn Ivey, The New York Times Book ReviewĪn uproarious, sensual novel, Leone Ross’s Popisho conjures a world where magic is everywhere, food is fate, politics are broken, and love awaits.Įveryone in Popisho was born with a little something-something, boy, a little something extra. Ross’s lyrical, rhythmic writing is something to be savored. ![]()
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