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Title: The Duppy by Anthony C. Winkler ISBN: 9766101515 Publisher: LMH Publishers Pub. Date: 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.8
Rating: 5
Summary: The Redemption of Baps
Comment: Anthony Winkler is a very wise man.
At first I thought I was going to HATE this book because Winkler was using the term "ole neygar" (the verbal equivalent of nigger) throughout the book. Sure, as a white Jamaican and therefore an insider within the culture, Winkler has the RIGHT to use the term, but the term could never be use to describe him, so the words hurt.
But then as I read the book, I realized the compassion and I came to the realization that ONLY Winkler could have written this book. ONLY Winkler because he knows the hurt that these words can cause. A black Jamaican would have been too afraid to use the term for it would sting, and an outsider would never understand the complexity of the relationships to be able to write such a healthful, satirical and funny novel. And it is an extremely funny novel. Winkler lays bare our deepest foibles and fears and reveals our greatest strength as a people who can embrace absurdity and joy at the deepest, most transcendent level. He also shows that we are capable of the most sublime religious thought.
Old neygar could have hurt me. But I gave up my hurt and laughed.
Laughed at the absurdity of Baps' condition, my island, my people, my hurt.
Winkler forced me to realize that any book worth its salt, MUST hurt you in some way or it's not worth reading. Anything else is pure escapism, and if you want that, watch television.
A book that hurts you forces you to give up your prejudices and biases and the hurts that turn you into a prisoner of your own past and prejudices.
He also made me realize why I've never been happy in America-a land of happiness, but no joy. The American heaven is a mirthless one for it cannot, will not affirm life or joy.
The Duppy is a book to be read by EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE and at ANY TIME.
Congratulations, Mr. Winkler!
Rating: 1
Summary: Disappointing
Comment: This book like Winkler's earlier work, The Lunatic, appears intended to provide some comic relief. The Lunatic was unbelievably funny and a near accurate depiction of a Jamaican village mad man. However this book was just not funny and certainly not worth the ... asked for it in one of the airport stores at the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay.
In the Lunatic the sexual overtones were ourrighty funny and contextually comfortable. While I am by no means a prude, here I found the sexual overtones to be overdone and lewd. A good tale should get the reader involved to where he enters the story while he is reading. Up to chapter 5, I became somewhat involved with the story, always anticipating that it would pick up, but it never really did. Chapter 25 to the end was endurable, but too much was lost in between Chapters 6 and 24.
In terms of depicting the funny and sometimes scarey elements of Jamaican duppy storytelling, this work in no way captured any element of that tradition. The closest we came to this was the minibus ride where Hopeton manipulated the driver's actions. I imagine that the author was trying to use his creative licence to approach this subject from a different angle. It did not work well.
Nevertheless, Winkler is a wonderful writer as evidenced by the Lunatic which I continue to reread ever so often.
Rating: 4
Summary: Satisfying, a little bit of heaven!
Comment: "The Duppy" is written in typical Anthony C. Winkler style which in no way makes it monotonous. It is humorous to say the least with the slightest detail of life being dramatically magnified- it is easy to lose the page while laughing. Whether or not you believe in heaven you can easily enjoy this book. It challenges you to look at life in a whole new way. As in "The Lunatic" and "The Painted Canoe", The Duppy is not deficient in Winkler's unapologetic portrayal of sexual experiences. All in all this book will make you smile at Jamaican livelihood and life in general.
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