Jul 23, 2025
The Mimic Men by V.S. Naipaul was unfortunately not my cup of tea. From start to finish I struggled with this one. To be honest I nearly DNF’d this book after 50 pages, since I could not get into the story or connect with the protagonist, Ralph Singh. Somehow I...
Jul 9, 2025
This was my first book from celebrated Trinbagonian author, Earl Lovelace. At the recently concluded Bocas Literature Festival in Trinidad he was honored for his contribution to the literary world in Trinidad and Tobago and the wider Caribbean region as a novelist,...
Jun 17, 2025
“The Mystic Masseur” is a classic by acclaimed Trinbagonian author V.S. Naipaul. Written partly in humorous Trinidadian dialect, the story tells the tale of a Trini man of South Asian (i.e., Indian) descent who accidentally stumbles to success in life,...
Feb 1, 2025
Miguel Street, by V.S. Naipaul, captures the essence of life in Trinidad in the 1940s. The colorful cast of characters who inhabit Miguel Street (likely a euphemistic reference to Frederick Street), their often comedic interactions in various dramatic situations,...
Kiran Dellimore
