The Lunatic [electronic resource

This Novel Reveals That Lunacy Is By No Means Restricted To The Village Madman. . . . “by Far The Funniest Book I’ve Read In A Decade” (the Washington Post Book World). In Jamaica, Aloysius Is Tolerated By His Neighbors, But Forced To Eke Out A Living By Doing Odd Jobs And Use The Hospitable Woodlands For Shelter. Starved Of Human Companionship, He Has Running Conversations With Trees And Plants. Then Love, Or A Peculiar Version Of It, Comes To Aloysius In The Form Of A Solidly Built German Lady, Inga Schmidt, Who Has Come To The Caribbean To Photograph The Flora And Fauna. They Will Embark On A Romance And A Series Of Misadventures That May Turn The Island, And Their Lives, Upside Down . . . “every Country (if She’s Lucky) Gets The Mark Twain She Deserves, And Winkler Is Ours, Bristling With Savage Jamaican Wit.” —marlon James "The first-ever U.S. publication of the Caribbean comic classic, also a major motion picture. Aloysius is the village madman, tolerated by neighbors but forced to eke out a living doing odd jobs. His only company are the animals, trees, and bushes of the woodlands in which he resides, on the outskirts of a village in the hills of St. Ann, on the island of Jamaica. Aloysius is lonely. Admittedly, these animals, trees, and especially the bushes have a lot to say, and undeniably, the flame heart tree is a true friend, but Aloysius has no human friends. Then love, or a peculiar version of it,comes to Aloysius in the form of a solidly built German tourist, Inga Schmidt. Inga encounters a sleeping Aloysius when she is traversing the countryside photographing the island's flora and fauna. Thereafter, to the trees' horror and the bushes' and village's disapproval, Aloysius's world is turned upside down as he finds himself hurtling along in a series of crazy escapades with his newfound love. For Inga, this madman is a revelation. Lunatic or not, Aloysius is capable of satisfying Inga's libido as frequently as she desires. But the romantic idyll is bruised when Inga invites a local butcher to join a menage a trois, and shattered when the trio decides to burgle the house of Busha McIntosh ... Along the way, in this outrageously out-of-order, hilarious novel, the reader discovers that madness is by no means restricted to Aloysius: and that goodness and forgiveness may be rarer qualities, found in unexpected places."-- Provided by publisher Aloysius is the village madman, tolerated by neighbors but forced to eke out a living doing odd jobs. His only company are the animals, trees, and bushes of the woodlands in which he resides, on the outskirts of a village in the hills of St. Ann, on the island of Jamaica. Aloysius is lonely. Admittedly, these animals, trees, and especially the bushes have a lot to say, and undeniably, the flame heart tree is a true friend, but Aloysius has no human friends. Then love, or a peculiar version of it, comes to Aloysius in the form of a solidly built German tourist, Inga Schmidt. Inga encounters a sleeping Aloysius when she is traversing the countryside photographing the island's flora and fauna

In this outrageously out-of-order, hilarious novel, the reader discovers that lunacy is by no means restricted to the village madman, and that goodness and forgiveness may be rarer qualities, found in unexpected places.

Aloysius is tolerated by neighbors but forced to eke out a living by doing odd jobs, using the hospitable woodlands for shelter. He is starved of human companionship; instead he has running conversations with trees and plants. Then love, or a peculiar version of it, comes to Aloysius in the form of a solidly built German lady, Inga Schmidt, who has come to Jamaica to photograph the flora and fauna.

In this outrageously out-of-order, hilarious novel, the reader discovers that lunacy is by no means restricted to the village madman, and that goodness and forgiveness may be rarer qualities, found in unexpected places. Aloysius is tolerated by neighbors but forced to eke out a living by doing odd jobs, using the hospitable woodlands for shelter. He is starved of human companionship; instead he has running conversations with trees and plants. Then love, or a peculiar version of it, comes to Aloysius in the form of a solidly built German lady, Inga Schmidt, who has come to Jamaica to photograph the flora and fauna. ** Lunacy is by no means restricted to the village madman, and goodness and forgiveness may be rarer qualities, found in unexpected places. Aloysius is tolerated by neighbors but forced to eke out a living by doing odd jobs, using the hospitable woodlands for shelter. Starved of human companionship, he has running conversations with trees and plants. Then love, or a peculiar version of it, comes to Aloysius in the form of a solidly built German lady, Inga Schmidt, who has come to Jamaica to photograph the flora and fauna.--B.I.P