One Big Damn Puzzler

On a remote South Pacific island paradise an elderly tribesman is translatingHamlet into local Pidgin English. Much to his annoyance his struggles withthe Bard ... » 

On a remote South Pacific island paradise an elderly tribesman is translatingHamlet into local Pidgin English. Much to his annoyance his struggles withthe Bard are interrupted by the arrival of an unexpected visitor. William Hardtis a young American lawyer he has Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and he hascome to help. And from that moment on nothing will ever be the same. For whatand who he finds there will challenge both his and our values and our ideasabout love life and even death. Bursting with good things from the islandersthemselves with their curious logic strange notions about sex and addictiverendering of English to moments of aching sadness as much as lifeaffirmingfarce this exuberantly original novel confirms John Harding as one ofcontemporary fictions most entertaining and observant chroniclers of the humancondition.On a remote South Pacific island the struggles of an elderly tribesman to translate Hamlet into local pidgin English are interrupted by the arrival of an unexpected visitor. William Hardt is an obsessive young American lawyer who had come to help. From that moment on nothing will ever be the same for what and who William finds on the island will challenge both his and our notions about love life and even death. Achingly funny and profoundly moving One Big Damn Puzzler confirms John Harding as one of contemporary fictions most entertaining and observant chronicles of the human condition. «