Mohun Biswas has spent his 46 years of life striving for independence. Shuttled from one residence to another after the drowning of his father, he yearns for a place he can call home. He marries into the Tulsi family, on whom he becomes dependent, but rebels and takes on a succession of occupations in a struggle to weaken their hold over him.

Presents the story of historical upheaval and social breakdown.

Presents an account of the author's journey in 1950 from London to his birthplace, the Caribbean island of Trinidad. This work provides a study of societies - British Guyana, Surinam, Martinique and Jamaica - examining their common heritage of colonialism and slavery.

Ralph Singh has spent a lifetime struggling against the torment of cultural displacement. His memories lead him to recognize the paradoxes and fantasies of his childhood. But the return of Isabella and his immersion in the political atmosphere of a self-governing nation provide Singh with insight to discover the crux of his disillusionment.

Life in Trinidad is described through the eyes of a street rab in Miguel Street. The happy-go-lucky community abounds in eccentric characters.

A story of shanty-town life in Trinidad. Calvary Hill is the home of Aldrick Prospect, who lives for the carnival and his once-a-year chance to play dragon. Here too live Miss Cleothilda, the ageing carnival queen, Philo the Calypsonian, and Fisheye, who flaunts his strength in the steel bands.

Presents two linked themes: the grinding down of the aborigines during the long rivalries of the foolish El Dorado quest; and then two hundred years later, in the man-made wilderness, the man-made horror of the new slave colony. This book takes us as close as we can get to day-to-day life in the slave colony of the Caribbean plantations.

A white man arrives on a troubled Caribbean island with his mistress, an English woman influenced by fantasies of native power and sexuality, unaware of the consequences of her actions. Together with a leader of the revolution , they act out a gripping drama of death, sexual violence, and spiritual impotence.

One of the greatest of all sports books, now reissued with a new introduction. C L R James, one of the foremost thinkers of the twentieth century, was devoted to the game of cricket. In this classic summation of half a lifetime spent playing, watching and writing about the sport, he recounts the story of his overriding passion and tells us of the players whom he knew and loved, exploring the game'

Includes the two novels The Mystic Masseur and Miguel Street .

Bolo is a champion stickfighter, tall, good-looking, the bravest of all the young men in Bonasse. When, time and time again, he sees his people humiliated by change and American troops, his instincts as a leader come to the fore. The stand he makes, however, takes bizarre and tragic forms.

A revealing novel of childhood about Tee who is being made socially acceptable by her Aunt Beatrice so that she can cope with the caste system of Trinidad.

Set in Africa, in a place like Uganda or Rwanda and its two main characters are English. They had once found liberation in Africa. But now Africa is going sour on them. The land is no longer safe, and at a time of tribal conflict they have to make a long drive to the safety of their compound.

Offers an account of the most compelling literary figures, V. S. Naipaul. This book examines early privations, Naipaul's first recollections, and his life within a displaced community. He describes how, once in England, depression struck with great force, and the ways in which Naipaul's first wife helped him to cope with his 'double exile'.

This text provides an account and intpretation of the historical development of the Caribbean from around 1930 to the end of the 20th century. Its wide-ranging study of the economic, political, religious, social and cultural history of this period brings the series to the authorial present.

A photographic narrative, which is structured along major themes of the Caribbean islands' existence: the colourful annual celebration of the carnival; the people and their forging of new identities with which to meet challenges; and, the islands' display of land and the water environments, which give rise to flora and fauna in a various habitats.

An anthropological study of the Earth People, a new Caribbean religion led by Mother Earth.

This book traces the evolution of Carnival in Trinidad and beyond, using fascinating documentary evidence.

Ranging from the time of slavery and indentureship, to national independence in 1962 and the present day, this book shows how gender inequalities have been perpetuated for the benefit of exploitative systems from slavery to the present day. The book explores women's roles and activities.