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    Genie and Paul

    By Natasha Soobramanien

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    One morning in May 2003, on the cyclone-ravaged island of Rodrigues in the Indian Ocean, the body of a man washes up on the beach. Six weeks previously, the night Tropical Cyclone Kalunde first gathered force, destruction of another kind hit twenty-six-year-old Genie Lallan and her life in London: after a night out with her brother she wakes up in hospital to discover that he's disappeared. Where has Paul gone and why did he abandon her at the club where she collapsed? Genie's search for him leads her to Rodrigues, sister island to Mauritius - their island of origin, and for Paul, the only place he has ever felt at home. Will Genie track Paul down? And what will she find if she does? An imaginative reworking of the French 18th century classic, 'Paul et Virginie', set in London, Mauritius and Rodrigues, Genie and Paul is an utterly original love story: the story of a sister's love for a lost brother, and the story of his love for an island that has never really existed.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMyriad Editions
    Release dateAug 16, 2012
    ISBN9781908434166
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    Genie and Paul
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    Natasha Soobramanien

    Natasha Soobramanien, British-Mauritian, is the author of Genie and Paul. Her second novel, Diego Garcia, is co-authored with Luke Williams. She used to live in Edinburgh, but now lives in Brussels. Diego Garcia  won the 2022 Goldsmiths Prize. 

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