TY - BOOK AU - Edugyan,Esi TI - Washington Black: a novel SN - 9781846689598 AV - PR9199.4.E35 W37 2018 U1 - 813/.6 23 PY - 2018/// CY - London PB - Serpent's Tail KW - Life change events KW - Fiction KW - Historical fiction KW - Adventure stories KW - Slaves KW - fast KW - Male friendship KW - Canadian fiction KW - 21st century KW - Slavery KW - Barbados KW - Historical KW - Adult fiction KW - Print KW - ukslc KW - lcgft N1 - Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2018 N2 - When two English brothers take the helm of a Barbados sugar plantation, Washington Black--an eleven-year-old field slave--finds himself selected as personal servant to one of these men. To his surprise, the eccentric Christopher 'Titch' Wilde is a naturalist, explorer, inventor and abolitionist, and he wants Washington to help him create the perfect aerial machine ER -