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 from the late 1940s to early 1950s, using a progressive politician's injury and death during a riot as a framing device. It follows a man raised with racial and economic advantages who decided to align himself with those less fortunate.