When two English brothers take the helm of a Barbados sugar plantation, Washington Black - an eleven-year-old field slave - is selected as personal servant to one of them, the eccentric Christopher 'Titch' Wilde, a naturalist, inventor and abolitionist. His pursuit of the perfect aerial machine sees them escape the island together, but when Titch disappears, Washington must make his way alone. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2018