Caribbean
Trinidad and Tobago
Post-colonial
English
Fiction
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
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editorial-summarynot primary textSet 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. One of the greatest Caribbean novels; Lovelace's exploration of Carnival as politics and as freedom
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