Hungry Ghosts by Kevin Jared Hosein is a literary fiction book that takes place in Trinidad in the 1940’s. Hosein takes the first few chapters of this novel to help you realize the vast difference between the classes of people, especially our main characters. Hans and Shweta Saroop and their son, Krishna, who live in a barrack, made of wood and tin, with several other families. The walls are thin, there is little privacy and they all share one latrine. And on what can seem like, the other end of the world, are Dalton and Marlee Changoor that own a large farm in Bell Village.
This historical fiction story is filled with mystery, spirituality and all kinds of adventure as Krishna and his friends deal with the bullies at school and growing up. Hosein successfully paints a picture of generational trauma and linked histories. He also reminds us that sometimes it is better to want what we have.
This thriller has taken me everywhere emotionally and was rich with information about a place I will probably never visit.
I got this book from my sister, Jamie Holloway. You can get your own copy of Hungry Ghosts by Kevin Jared Hosein on Amazon.
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Hungry Ghosts by Kevin Jared Hosein
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Hungry Ghosts by Kevin Jared Hosein is about people that work hard but enjoy their life. That is, until Hans, the head of the Saroop family gets the chance to work as night watchman at the Changoor farm while Dalton Changoor is away. Hans doesn’t know that Dalton is probably dead. He also doesn’t know that Marlee Changoor has been admiring him while he works on her property during the day.
Hans looks at this this opportunity as the one his family needs to get the money they need to buy land in Bell Village and get away from the barracks they have been living in and have a better life. But soon he is lured inside the big house. He enjoys the fancy food, the nice music, the beautiful furniture and most sadly, Mrs. Changoor.
This break in the Saroop family causes a domino effect in the rest of the novel based in 1940’s Trinidad.
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