Set in Jamaica in the late 1940s or early 1950s, it uses the framing device of a progressive politician's injury and death in a riot to narrate the story of a man who, born into racial and economic privilege, decided to cast his lot with the underprivileged.
The story is set in Jamaica around the late 1940s or early 1950s, employing a progressive politician's injury and death during a riot as a narrative technique. It revolves around a man from privileged background who chose to support the underprivileged.