A Kind of Living

(Habana, Cuba: Ediciones Casa de las Américas, 1978. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First English-language edition. Translated by María Teresa Ortega. Cover art by Cuban artist Umberto Peña. Fine in pictorial wrappers and lightly worn, near fine dust jacket. Set during World War II, the protagonist's life is changed when he hears a Black nationalist speak about Nat Turner. Angus Richmond was born in Guyana and studied at the University of London. The author's first book, the Casa de las Américas Prize novel for 1978.