The Dew Breaker (Hardcover)

from laytonwoman3rd

A montage of stories about a handful of people affected by events in Haiti during the 1960's, now living in New York at the beginning of the 21st century. The unifying character, a barber whose very American daughter tells the first modern tale in which she learns of her father's true past, is th...

from msf59

We are introduced to a Haitian man, living in Brooklyn. He emigrated here, over thirty years ago. He is a good father and a good husband. He also has a very dark past, which involved, working as a prison guard, in his homeland. Rumors of atrocities abound... We are then shown separate stories, of...

from astrologerjenny

This woman writes really beautifully. This collection of linked stories explores the relationship between hunter and prey, during the dictatorship in Haiti. The main protagonist is one of the hunters, a man who commits terrible atrocities before he makes a mistake in following an order, and has t...

from thesmellofbooks

Thought-provoking collection of mostly linked stories. All concern Haitians, mainly immigrants to USA, with much time also spent in Haiti itself under the Duvaliers. There is a slightly remote feeling to many of the stories, as if the tellers are in a state of inculcated shock, yet beneath is an ...

from lauralkeet

"The Dew Breaker" is a Creole term for "torturer," an allusion to those who would use violence to shatter morning peace. The dictatorships of François Duvalier and his son Jean-Claude ("Baby Doc") were rife with oppression. Mercenaries known as macoutes roamed the streets; hired assassins took ca...