This novel, published for the first time in English, is one of the most important statements about the Duvalier regime in Haiti, written by a Haitian who played a prominent role in the revolutionary movement that brought down the Lescot regime in January 1946. Depestre's ironic note denying historical origins for the novel does not obscure the scathing caricature of Papa Doc Duvalier and the bloodbath that he visited on his own country, which is called "Zacharyland" after the fictionalized President-for-life Zoocrates Zachary.
- ISBN13 9780813912813
- Publish Date 30 September 1990
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Virginia Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 176
- Language English