Ian Thomson

A tainted paradise

Written in 1929, Paul Morand’s Caribbean Winter is finally available in English. If you disregard the racism, it’s a travelogue that’s hard to beat

  • Caribbean Winter

    Paul Morand, translated and with an introduction by Mary Gallagher

    Signal Books, pp. 128

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