In a lush Caribbean setting, Sailing to Noon depicts a colorful range of characters. Despite her travels throughout the world, Chiara marvels at Canuba, where ‘magic realism’ is everyday life.

Amado, her pansexual lover, immerses her in its eclectic culture, natural wonders, and buoyant sensuality. Enthralled by her island reverie, she veers off course when disaster strikes: now she must face the darker side of paradise.

"Sailing to Noon has enormous vitality and texture: it is a big performance—the epic myth of Canuba. ”— Jonathan Galassi“I really felt this book: I entered its geography, saw and smelled and moved in it, which is a tribute to its vivid intimacy.

”— Siri Hustvedt“You should put this book in a tightly sealed drawer; otherwise it’s so alive it might run away. ”— Edmund WhiteThe Caribbean TrilogyBut this new world here sought, is stranger far than his, who stretched his vans from Palos.

— MelvilleThough it stands fully on its own, Sailing to Noon is the first volume of The Caribbean Trilogy, three novels by Hoyt Rogers (with Artemisia Vento and Frank Báez). The second and third books, Midnight at Sea and Return to Day, are forthcoming; a sequel is also in preparation, The Caribbean Farewell.

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