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I thought it was a wonderful book, full of cultural and political awareness and a deep sense of humanity. The historical parts were fascinating and, now I know about Toussaint l'Ouverture, I can see why Nick Lake feels his achievements should be better known. His story is incredibly powerful and heartbreaking, too. But Shorty's tale of Site Soley and Route 9 is also powerful and heartbreaking and it's happening now. Readers, old and young alike, will come away from ''In Darkness'' with a meaningful understanding of what it is to be Haitian. And what it is like to have the world fall down on you.

[[Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman]] also mixes a little bit of magic realism in a story about gang culture - this time in the UK. The Haitian view of the magic between twins is also a theme in [[White is for Witching by Helen Oyeyemi]].