A Spade Is Still A Spade: Essays on Crime and the Politics of Jamaica

The true story of a South American scientist arriving in Jamaica on route to Miami, carrying with him the secret results of clinical trials done in Columbia on terminally ill Cancer patients. This rare, ancient method of alchemical origin, using a natural bioligical extract, proved to be virtually 100% effective in achieving a complete remission of the cancerous process. Due to a family fued and consequent treachery he is arrested upon landing in Kingston with a pair of cocaine-loaded platform shoes. Convicted and sentenced to prison, Dr. Hector Velarde Valdes meets the Author, who has been assigned to act as his interpreter and guide. Over a period of many months he reveals an astounding and truly amazing drama, weaving the extraordinary circumstances of his life with the racy adventure of a medical-scientific quest for the centuries old, guarded alchemical cure for Cancer that was only available to the royalty and nobility of antiquity. _________________ A compelling tome…a gripping tale…wildly unique…(the) research is thorough and probing both historically and in scientific depth…thrilling from cover to cover…once you begin, you will read on. Professor, The Hon. Errol Y. St. A Morrison Pro Vice Chancellor and Dean University of the West Indies