<div>This novel reveals that lunacy is by no means restricted to the village madman. . . . &ldquo;By far the funniest book I&rsquo;ve read in a decade&rdquo; (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 . . . &ldquo;Every country (if she&rsquo;s lucky) gets the Mark Twain she deserves, and Winkler is ours, bristling with savage Jamaican wit.&rdquo; &mdash;Marlon James</div>

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The Lunatic

<div>A novel of a Jamaican woman&rsquo;s adventures, from an author with &ldquo;a fine ear for patois and dialogue, and a love of language that makes bawdy jokes crackle&rdquo; (The New Yorker). &ldquo;An acclaimed comic novelist in his native Jamaica, Winkler makes a long overdue American debut with this laugh riot. His heroine is Precious Higginson, a Christian Jamaican woman of 47 whose conventional worldview and proud, pious manner make her unintentionally funny. After her husband dies unexpectedly, Precious moves in with her son and his wife, but pudding-loving Precious and her health-nut daughter-in-law quickly turn the house into a war zone. It&rsquo;s off to America then to stay with her daughter, a Miami police officer, and her hairdressing husband, Henry . . . After Henry makes a pass, Precious takes a job as live-in housekeeper at a Fort Lauderdale mansion. There, she cares for a spoiled dog, Riccardo; argues with Riccardo&rsquo;s animal rights zealot owner, Mistress Lucy, who declares Precious &lsquo;speciest&rsquo; for failing to appreciate it when Riccardo pees on her new shoes . . . Precious learns much about the limits of piety as the indignities mount and her beliefs are challenged in increasingly outrageous ways. Winkler&rsquo;s wit, his ear for dialect and the sublime creation that is Precious add up to one howlingly funny book.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly</div>

Dog War

<div>&ldquo;Every country (if she&rsquo;s lucky) gets the Mark Twain she deserves, and Winkler is ours, bristling with savage Jamaican wit&rdquo; (Marlon James). Being dead is most definitely an impediment to writing a book, under ordinary circumstances. But the narrator of this novel, Taddeus Augustus Baps, has turned into a duppy&mdash;a ghost renowned in Caribbean folklore&mdash;and he has a story to tell. At first, he thinks that his new status as a spirit will provide some mischievous fun, but he&rsquo;s in for disappointment. He gets whisked off to heaven&mdash;via minibus&mdash;where he meets not only God but some other interesting characters, and finds that the afterlife can be more irritating than one might expect . . . This smart, rollicking, and ultimately uplifting tale is a delight from the prize-winning author of The Lunatic and other comic novels. As The Independent said of Anthony Winkler&rsquo;s work, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s almost as if P. G. Wodehouse had strolled into the world of Bob Marley.&rdquo;</div>

The Duppy

<div>A darkly comic novel of an Englishman in nineteenth-century Jamaica: &ldquo;A powerful and deeply moving tour de force&rdquo; (Library Journal). The Family Mansion tells the story of Hartley Fudges, whose personal destiny unfolds against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Britain, a time when English society was based upon the strictest subordination and stratification of the classes. Hartley&rsquo;s decision to migrate to Jamaica at the age of twenty-three seems sensible at first: in the early 1800s Jamaica was far and away the richest and most opulent of all the crown colonies. But for all its fabulous wealth, Jamaica was a difficult and inhospitable place for an immigrant. Aside from violent slave revolts, newcomers had to survive the nemesis of the white man in the tropics&mdash;namely, yellow fever. From the author of God Carlos, who writes with &ldquo;a genuine fondness for this complicated and conflicted place,&rdquo; this is a riveting work of historical fiction filled with a blend of sadness and sly humor (Publishers Weekly). &ldquo;Winkler submits imperialist dogma and the English aristocracy&rsquo;s casual acceptance of violence and cruelty to punishing satirical critique. He takes special pleasure in redefining the idea of the &lsquo;English gentleman,&rsquo; embodied by his clueless and spoiled protagonist, Hartley Fudges, a terrifically rendered young English aristocrat who gets himself banished to Jamaica after attempting to kill his brother for his inheritance . . . Essential reading for fans of literary fiction.&rdquo; &mdash;Library Journal</div>

The Family Mansion

<div>This tragicomic novel set in sixteenth-century Jamaica is a &ldquo;gusty, boisterous, [and] entertaining . . . slice of historical fiction&rdquo; (Alan Cheuse, NPR, All Things Considered). Winner of the 2014 Townsend Prize for Fiction A fortune-seeking band of ragtag sailors travel aboard the Santa Inez, a Spanish vessel bound for the newly discovered West Indies. She is an unusual explorer for her day, carrying no provisions for the settlers and no seed for planting crops, and manned by vain, arrogant men looking for gold in Jamaica. The crew expects to make landfall in paradise after over a month at sea. Meanwhile, the timid, innocent Arawaks&mdash;who walk around stark naked without embarrassment and who venerate their own customs and worship their own gods&mdash;think these newcomers must have come from heaven. The ensuing entanglement of culture, custom, and beliefs makes for a &ldquo;comic, tragic, bawdy, sad, and provocative&rdquo; novel (Library Journal). &ldquo;Darkly irreverent . . . With a sharp tongue, Winkler, a native of Jamaica, deftly imbues this blackly funny satire with an expos&eacute; of colonialism&rsquo;s avarice and futility.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly &ldquo;Well-written . . . Winkler&rsquo;s descriptions of sea and sky as seen from a sailing ship, and of the physical beauty of Jamaica, are spot-on and breathtaking.&rdquo; &mdash;Historical Novel Review &ldquo;A thoroughly engaging adventure story from a renowned Jamaican author, sure to enchant readers who treasure a fabulous tale exquisitely rendered.&rdquo; &mdash;Library Journal &ldquo;Every country (if she&rsquo;s lucky) gets the Mark Twain she deserves, and Winkler is ours.&rdquo; &mdash;Marlon James, author of Black Leopard, Red Wolf</div>

Anthony C. Winkler
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Books By Anthony C. Winkler (5 Books)

The Lunatic

Dog War

The Duppy

The Family Mansion

God Carlos

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