Walk good Guyana boy

By Bernard Heydorn

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• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0969772025
• ISBN13: 9780969772026
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Learning Improvement Centre
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A novel about growing up in British Guiana, 1940's - 1960's

A parade of comic and unusual characters are presented in hilarious and dramatic episodes. Set in New Amsterdam and Georgetown, Guyana, the stories are written in colourful creole. Kite flying, medicine taking, school days and more, are presented against the backdrop of rapid political changes. Guranteeed to make you laugh and cry - Toronto Star. It might make a charming film - Margaret Watts Lecturer, The University of the West Indies. This novel evokes a disappearing way of life - Canadian Book Review Annual. Heydorn has used the comic mode to achieve the trgic vision which is the sociolinguistic richness that is Guyana - Amena Gafoor, Guyanese Literary Critic