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“Bookland New Kingston presents a Book Reading and Signing with Anthony Winkler on Wednesday, September 1st 2010 at 2:30 p.m. at 53 Knutsford Boulevard, Kingston 5. Mr. Winkler will be reading from his last piece of work, Crocodile.

A sprightly fable, Crocodile explores the incalculable extent to which believers are often driven by their faith, and is played out with impeccable logic against the Jamaican countryside over which broods the menacing presence of a river dwelling crocodile. Its resolution will both surprise and delight.

Anthony C. Winkler was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1942. He was educated at the Mt. Alvernia Academy and at Cornwall College, both in Montego Bay; at Citrus College in Glendora, California and at California State University in Los Angeles. His first novel, The Painted Canoe, was published in 1984 to critical acclaim. This was followed by The Lunatic (1987), for which Winkler also write the screenplay for a highly successful film. The Great Yacht Race followed in 1992, Going Home to Teach (1995) and The Duppy (1997). A short story collection, The Annihilation of Fish and Other Stories, was published in 2004 and Dog War (2006).

All titles by Mr. Winkler are distributed here in Jamaica by The Novelty Trading Company Limited, and are available at bookstores and pharmacies islandwide. Some are also available online @Amazon.