“Washington Black” by Esi Edugyan

Overall, I did not like this book, and would not have expected it to be an award winner. It is written from the first person point of view of a former slave, and I could never quite believe that it was a realistic voice. I thought the language was too modern and too sophisticated for a person from that era and background, regardless of how intelligent he was. And though there were some interesting sections in the book, it became too much of Washington’s musings and not enough of plot.