A tall history of sugar is a haunting, epic Caribbean love story, reminiscent of Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera. The novel tells the story of Moshe Fisher, a man who was "born without skin," so that no one is able to tell what race he belongs to; and Arrienne Christie, his quixotic soul mate who makes it her duty in life to protect Moshe from the social and emotional consequences of his strange appearance.