George And Rue

By all accounts the bludgeoning murder in 1949 of a taxi driverby brothers George and Rufus Hamilton was a slug-ugly crime. Georgeand Rue were hanged for it. Repelled and intrigued by his ancestral cousinsdeeds George Elliott Clarke uncovered a story of violence poverty and shameastory that led first to the Governor Generals Awardwinning ExecutionPoems and culminated in Clarkes brilliant and darkly comic debut novel.Named an editors choice by The Bookseller inthe UK George & Rue is a book about death that brims with fiercevitality and the sensual rhythmic beauty that so often defines Clarkeswriting.