When Teresa Craddock joins her brother Tommy on an island that is and isn't Dominicam she is in flight from life and the death of her fiance. On the island she finds a congenial new home and rediscovers a zest for life. Indeed when the new owner of an old estate signals an interest in her, Teresa is more than ready for an adventure."

Exposing the political and cultural failure to address the challenges of postcolonial Trinidad, this insightful novel portrays a world where the working man must face the crime and violence that is destroying the social body. Walter Castle is dissatisfied with his regular job in the Laventille slum in Port of Spain. As the prospect of promotion is bleak and crime and lawless youth become insupportable, he dreams of going back to the village community he grew up in. Unfortunately, the force of nostalgia is not supported by actual memories and as Walter abandons his dreams he is forced to...