Marshall Sarjeant is born at the beginning of the 20th century inParadise, Jamaica. As a young man, he is entrusted with a mythical questto overcome a curse that has been put on his family. He must do this byreturning to Africa from where family members were brought as slaves.Marshall's epic journey takes him first to wartime Liverpool and then,London where he marries and mixes with a clubland crowd of gamblers,musicians and politicians. In Africa, he finds a continent in the turbulentthroes of attempting to escape a colonial past. Returning to Paradise,Marshall's life turns full circle in his epic mission to defeat the duppy, orghost that started him on his voyage.In Duppy Conqueror, Ferdinand Dennis has created a powerful narrativeof the Afro-Caribbean experience in which the personal and the politicalseamlessly collide. Its themes are as relevant today as when it was firstpublished in 1998.