By the sea, back then

Book excerpt: The Caribbean novel about fish and females. The story of an island from times gone by; about the old and the young, about men and women, of dreams and reality, of gain and loss—about the adventure of life, and love. A table, two shots of rum and a manuscript: British Honduras, 1952. Caye Caulker Island, situated in the Belize Barrier Reef— young Pablo’s world. Here a young boy encounters Grandpa and Marilyn Monroe, learns the wisdoms of life, the lies, the dreams, and of submerging into the turmoil of great emotions. Pablo experiences the passion of yearning and pain, infatuation and distress.