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The Dragon Can't Dance

The Dragon Can't Dance

by EarlLovelace (Author)

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    Paperback 1998

    $10.62

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    Paperback 1981

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Synopsis

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.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 240
 Edition: Main - Re-issue
 Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 19 Jan 1998
ISBN 10: 057119317X
ISBN 13: 9780571193172
Book Overview: The Dragon Can't Dance, by Earl Lovelace, is a remarkable canvas of shanty-town life in which Lovelace's intimate knowledge of rural Trinidad and the Carnival as a sustaining cultural tradition are brilliantly brought to life.

Author Bio
Earl Lovelace was born in Toco, Trinidad, and has spent most of his life on the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. His books include While Gods Are Falling, winner of the BP Independence Award, the Caribbean classic The Dragon Can't Dance, and Salt, which won the 1997 Commonwealth Writers Prize.