A Caribbean backwater is the setting for Monique Roffey’s arresting The Mermaid Of Black Conch. Aycayia is drawn to the surface by fisherman David’s song. When she is hooked and hauled gasping from the ocean by an American angler, David seeks to save her. But where can Aycayia be most free, asks this truly original novel, deftly weaving myth, feminism, humour and social realism.
