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Colin Channer’s "Waiting in Vain" follows the budding romance between a Jamaican-born painter‑writer and a magazine editor, both navigating life in cosmopolitan New York. Their connection spans across the settings of rural Jamaica and Brixton, the historically black district of London, reflecting the transnational experiences of Jamaican and Jamaican‑American characters.
The novel explores themes of artistic ambition, cross‑cultural identity and the interplay between cultural heritage and urban ambition in contemporary fiction.
First publish date: 1998
Genre: Romance/Contemporary Romance
Authors: Colin Channer
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