Overview
Region
Caribbean
Trinidad and Tobago
Era
Post-colonial
Language
English
Genre
Fiction
About This Work
Set in a Trinidadian yard in the years before and after independence, the novel follows the people of Calvary Hill as they celebrate Carnival — Aldrick the Dragon Man, Fisheye, Sylvia — and the limits of rebellion.
Literary Significance
One of the greatest Caribbean novels; Lovelace's exploration of Carnival as politics and as freedom