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“Aloysius is the village mad man,tolerated by neighbours but forced to eke out a living by doing odd jobs while he uses the hospitable woodlands for shelter.He is starved of human companionship;instead he has running conversations with trees and plants.Then love,or peculiar version of it,comes to Aloysius in the form of a solidly built German lady who has come to Jamaica as a photographer.Her name is Ing Schmidt.Foor Inga , this madman is a revelation.Lunatic or not, Aloysius is...”
“This is hands down one of the funniest books I have ever read!”
“This book is utterly scandalous! This madman of 1000 (or is it 1001) names becomes the subject of conquest of an Amazon-like woman from Germany, determined to travel through the whole of the island with him in tow. That done she goes on to topple the social order in the lunatics native community, yet how like the enemy she is, not just in similarity of complexion but in world view.”