The Lunatic

By: Anthony C. Winkler

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Synopsis: This novel reveals that lunacy is by no means restricted to the village madman. . . . &“By far the funniest book I&’ve read in a decade&” (The Washington Post Book World). In Jamaica, Aloysius is tolerated by his neighbors, but forced to eke out a living by doing odd jobs and use the hospitable woodlands for shelter. Starved of human companionship, he has running conversations with trees and plants. Then love, or a peculiar version of it, comes to Aloysius in the form of a solidly built German lady, Inga Schmidt, who has come to the Caribbean to photograph the flora and fauna. They will embark on a romance and a series of misadventures that may turn the island, and their lives, upside down . . . &“Every country (if she&’s lucky) gets the Mark Twain she deserves, and Winkler is ours, bristling with savage Jamaican wit.&” —Marlon James