A Different Hurricane

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Pub Date 11 Feb 2025 | Archive Date 1 Jan 2025

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Description

Two gay men with a lifetime of secrets face their insular, homophobic island’s rancour.

Growing up in neighbouring villages on the tiny island nation of St Vincent, teenage best friends Gordon and Allen are secret lovers until they are forced apart their community’s traditional expectations and their fear of how others will react. They each complete their university studies abroad, encountering worlds where there is less hostility toward LGBTQ+ people. Tempted to stay, both men ultimately return home, hiding who they are.

Their secret lives come at the expense of others, and Gordon’s wife, Maureen, is the first to be irreparably harmed. She has confided her secrets to an accusatory journal, and it is now up to Gordon to keep it from the local media and the unforgiving eyes of the authorities. If the truth is revealed, he and Allan will be the next victims.
Two gay men with a lifetime of secrets face their insular, homophobic island’s rancour.

Growing up in neighbouring villages on the tiny island nation of St Vincent, teenage best friends Gordon and...

Advance Praise

"A Different Hurricane, with its examination of love between mature black gay and bisexual men, is reminiscent of James Baldwin’s masterpiece Just Above My Head and Bernadine Evaristo’s Mr. Loverman." — Charles I. Nero, Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies and Africana

"In Caribbean society, where homosexuality is often seen as a secret vice, this is a story of unflinching loyalty and genuine love." — Judith Elaine Cowan, author of The Permanent Nature of Everything

"H. Nigel Thomas guides us to the tempest’s deceptively calm eye, where each soul is revealed in subtle shades of light and dark and the faintest whispers of their human spirit heard." — Clayton Bailey, author of Optiques

"A Different Hurricane, with its examination of love between mature black gay and bisexual men, is reminiscent of James Baldwin’s masterpiece Just Above My Head and Bernadine Evaristo’s Mr. Loverman...


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ISBN 9781459754065
PRICE US$19.99 (USD)
PAGES 272

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