Sunfun Calypso [Paperback]

Julian Putley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 1999

A Caribbean novel of laughter, passion, poignancy and tragedy. An authentic and colorful portrait of Caribbean island life

Editorial Reviews

Review

They're all there - from the dashing yacht captain to the nubile cook, the politician, the calypsonian and the locally grown serpent in paradise. Meet them all in this wonderfully comic novel. --Jackie Snell...Harper's Bazaar

About the Author

A yachtsman who has voyaged extensively around the world and documented the adventure with numerous magazine articles and videos. Has spent many years in the Caribbean as a yacht charter captain

Product Details

• Paperback: 350 pages
• Publisher: Virgin Island Books; third printing edition (February 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0966792300
• ISBN-13: 978-0966792300
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,356,409 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great book for transporting you back to the islands!, June 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Sunfun Calypso (Paperback)

Sunfun Calypso is a must read for anyone who has been or dreams of traveling to the islands. The author, Julian Putley's imagination has woven together fact and fiction in a cleverly disguised and very descriptive story that makes you smile knowingly as it transports you back to the very places he writes of. It will take you along the pot holed roads in the back of taxis with Bob Marley shrines on the dashboard listening to the lilting dialect of your driver while holding on for your life, to feeling the spray on your face as you are sailing from island to island. His characters, some endearing and some not so..are all people we have met along the way. All this plus a very entertaining story that keeps you reading and ready to anticipate the next page. This has to be one of the most descriptive books I have read and I marvel how the author writes in such as way that the stage is set and in your minds eye you imagine it perfectly. He captures the essence of the people so that they are part of your life plus the flavor of the islands making you yearn to return and experience what you may have missed on your journey. The author obviously knows and loves his islands and I am very much looking forward to another of his stories.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun in the sun, March 11, 2001

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p. granata (Baltimore, Maryland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sunfun Calypso (Paperback)

Putley does a wonderful job crafting words and twisting phrases. He is a generous spirit whose clarity for observation is right on the mark. After you read his descriptions of the meals, sea and sun in this book, you'll be ready to hire him in a minute to charter your cruise. Wonderful development of plot and characters. This book is a true depiction of a fairy tale vacation.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Just Like It Was!, June 28, 2000

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"jjpandrap" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sunfun Calypso (Paperback)

Our group just returned from a sailing vacation in the B.V.I. and Justin was the Captain of the "Change Order" one of our three beautiful, high tech catamarans, but,unfortunately, not ours! While he's changed some names of people and places in the book, I recognized many of the sites and types of people. His book is not only a good story,his descriptions of the islands and the way of life are also accurate to what we experienced. Even if you never get to the islands, you can get a feeling for what it's like to be there.