For four days and nights, she retreats into a vortex of memory, pain, and disappointment that unravels a riveting dissection of her life as a black immigrant to Toronto.
At the news of her son's involvement in gang crime, Idora Morrison collapses in her rented basement apartment. More zeroes in, with laserlike intensity, on the interior life of an extraordinary "ordinary woman," showcasing Clarke's skill as a writer of inimitable force.įrom the winner of the 2002 Giller Prize comes Austin Clarke's much anticipated new novel, "More". Eventually Idora finds her way back into the light with a courage that is both remarkable and unforgettable. But now that BJ has disappeared into a life of crime, she recoils from his loss and is unable to get out of bed, burdened by feelings of invisibility.Īs she summons the strength to investigate her son's troubles-and her own weaknesses-the book quietly builds to its crescendo. Left alone to raise her son, Idora has done her best to survive against immense odds. While she struggled to make ends meet, her deadbeat husband, Bertram, abandoned her for a better life in New York. For four days and nights she retreats into a vortex of memory, pain, and disappointment that becomes a riveting exposÉ of her life as a Caribbean immigrant living abroad. At the news of her son BJ's involvement in gang crime, Idora Morrison, a maid at the local university, collapses in her basement apartment.
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