Books by Patrick Newman

In this debut collection of short stories and vignettes, the author shares stories that he has heard while growing up in Jamaica and from his travels throughout the island. These stories are filled with innuendos, puns and humour that bring the characters and their predicaments to life.

Drawing on dramatic accounts by European colonials, and on detailed studies by folklorists and anthropologists, this work explores intriguing age-old Asian beliefs and claims that man-eating tigers and `little tigers', or leopards alike, were in various ways supernatural. It is a serious work based on extensive research, written in a lively style.