Thirteen years prior to Dixie Moon, Adel Destin is far from rock bottom, and far from coming clean. In fact, the Manhattan-born dope smuggler is on top of his game. Or so he thinks. Barely escaping Marseilles with his life, Adel lands on the exclusive Caribbean island of St. Barts, where he soon runs afoul of the local crime boss and finds himself in a race for his life. Turns out life on plush St.-Barts can be as cheap as in the meanest asphalt jungle. "Cuzon's terrific novel is reminiscent of George Pelecanos's loving portraits of quotidian D.C.," says bestselling author Laura Lippman. "Adel Destin is no innocent, but that's the point--violence washes over all the characters in this novel, sparing no one. I read it in two greedy sittings, but I feel as if I had the luxury of spending an entire season in St. Barts, albeit one the tourists never see.""Under the Carib Sun" by Jashlock on Ganxy
About the Author
The Blues and getting punched in the face were the two biggest influences in Rodolphe Cuzon’s development as a writer. Born in Brittany, France, Ro boxed for several years as a teenager and dropped out of high school to play guitar in a band. He has lived in France, San Francisco, the Caribbean, and Brooklyn, and finally settled in the Tremé neighborhood of New Orleans. He’s earned money as a waiter, bartender, construction worker, painter, landscaper, as well as other, unmentionable activities. His fiction has appeared in CrimeSpree Magazine and the Noir bimonthly Thuglit. Named by George Pelecanos as ”among the rising stars of the new generation of noir novelists,” Ro is the author of Under the Dixie Moon and Under the Carib Sun.
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