He
currently owned or controlled nearly a quarter of the National Parliament and a
majority of the cabinet ministers. His
money was appreciated, as was his congenial attitude. Jamaica was divided into fourteen parishes,
and he was influential in all those that counted for his businesses. He’d become a person respected by both rich
and poor. He was also feared, which was
not necessarily a bad thing.
(from The Columbus
Affair by Steve Berry)
9½*/10.
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