She earned her MA in creative writing at Nottingham Trent University. Young moved to England in 1965 at the age of ten. Beloved only son of Doug (Malvern, Victoria) and. Kerry Young was born in Kingston, Jamaica, to a Chinese African mother and a Chinese father a businessman in Kingston’s shadow economy who provided inspiration for Pao. It is with broken hearts that we share the news of the passing of Andrew Douglas George (47 - too young). As all around them the city convulses with political change, Glorias desperation and striking beauty lead her to Sybil and Beryl, and a house. She and her younger sister flee their hometown to forge a new life in Kingston. Pao is an utterly beguiling, unforgettable novel of race, class and creed, love and ambition, and a country in the throes of tumultuous change. Gloria Campbell is sixteen years old when a single violent act changes her life forever. A tale of post colonial Jamaica from a unique and politically potent perspective, Pao moves from the last days of British rule through periods of unrest at social and economic inequality, through tides of change that will bring about Rastafarianism and the Back to Africa Movement. The juxtaposition of the weighty, aphoristic words of the ancient Chinese sage, with the tricky criminal and romantic predicaments Pao must negotiate builds the basis of the novel’s great charm. Often mystified by all that he must take care of, Pao invariably turns to Sun Tzu’s Art of War. Kerry Young's heartfelt, sparky and affecting debut novel is a chronicle of. Read her if you want to know about the Caribbean' - Monique Roffey, winner of the OCM BOCAS Prize for Caribbean Literature 'A vivid portrayal. Pao, in fact, is a sensitive guy in a wise guy role that doesn’t quite fit. 'Kerry Young is a standalone talent in the new emerging generation of writers from the Caribbean region. The rackets he runs are small time, and the protection he provides necessary, given the minority status of the Chinese in Jamaica. Pao needs to take care of some dirty business, but he is no Don Corleone. As a young boy, Pao comes to Jamaica in the wake of the Chinese Civil War and rises to become the Godfather of Kingston’s bustling Chinatown.

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