While Gods Are Falling

by Earl Lovelace

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845231481
• ISBN13: 9781845231484
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Peepal Tree Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.0"