The humming-bird tree is a Trinidadian symbol of the Garden of Eden. This novel's Adam and Eve are a white Creole Trinidadian boy of eleven and the East-Indian kitchen-girl employed by his mother. They share a first love that is destined to fail, poisoned by the serpent of race and caste prejudice.
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Hummingbird Tree by Ian McDonald
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