A High Wind In Jamaica

by Richard Hughes

Genre: Adventure Fiction, Psychological Fiction, Classic Literature
Target Audience: Readers of classic adventure novels, fans of psychological and coming-of-age stories, literature students, lovers of sea tales and pirate fiction

Richard Hughes’s A High Wind in Jamaica (1929) is a chilling and unforgettable novel that begins as an adventure and ends as a disturbing meditation on childhood innocence. When a group of English children are sent away from their hurricane-ravaged Jamaican home, their ship is captured by pirates. What follows is not a swashbuckling romp, but a haunting exploration of how children perceive morality, danger, and death.

Praised for its lyrical prose and unsettling themes, Hughes’s novel shocked readers of its time with its unflinching portrayal of childhood. Today, it stands as a modern classic—both an adventure on the high seas and a psychological study of innocence lost.

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A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes – Classic Pirate Adventure & Psychological Novel

Discover Richard Hughes’s A High Wind in Jamaica – a darkly poetic tale of children, pirates, and innocence lost. A haunting 20th-century classic of adventure and psychology.