Books about Guyana
Discover the best books about Guyana in this curated reading list, featuring Ian McDonald's classic The Humming-bird Tree, plus A Hot Country and The Ventriloquist's Tale—essential fiction exploring Guyanese culture, identity, and history.
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The Humming-bird Tree
by Ian McDonald
Alan was too young to understand why his parents preferred him to play with the other white boys on the estate. But, he learned that if he was going to meet Kaiser and Jaillin, he had to pretend he was going to meet someone else. Sometimes, the pretending became real, and Alan found himself in betrayal of the friendship that meant so much to him.
