In the late 1970s Michael Ondaatje returned to his native island of Sri Lanka. Recording his journey through the druglike heat and intoxicating fragrances of that "pendant off the ear of India," Ondaatje simultaneously retraces the baroque mythology of his Dutch-Ceylonese family. It is a story of broken engagements and drunken suicide attempts, of parties where exquisitely dressed couples tango in the jungle, a tale whose actors pursue lives of Baudelairean excess with impeccable decorum.

I was not wild about this book, but then again, since I've read another one of his books and felt the same about it as well, maybe I'm just not wild about Ondaatje as an author or his writing style. Who knows? Well, I'm releasing this in the hopes that someone else likes it better!

Released on Tuesday, November 23, 2004 at about 11:00:00 AM BX time (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada) at Mars Hill Medical Center in Mars Hill, North Carolina USA.

RELEASE NOTES:

On small night table in lobby.