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The early masterpiece of V. S. Naipaul’s brilliant career, A House for Mr. Biswas is an unforgettable story inspired by Naipaul's father that has been hailed as one of the twentieth century's finest novels. In his forty-six short years, Mr. Mohun Biswas has been fighting against destiny to achieve some semblance of independence, only to face a lifetime of calamity. Shuttled from one residence to another after... (more)

Pleasure

by Eric Jerome Dickey

The bold new blockbuster from the New York Times bestselling author. Born in Trinidad and living in Atlanta after a relationship gone bad, Nia Simone Bijou is an ambitious writer who has it all. Except for the one thing that’ll give her the control she craves—and the power she deserves: absolute, uninhibited sexual satisfaction. Now, in the sweltering days and nights of summer, the heat is on. Nia’s fantasies... (more)

The Owen Family: Book 2

Ride to Raton

by Marsha Ward

Writer Phyllis Dugan says, “Marsha Ward has the ability to grab readers by the lapels, yank them into her stories, and make them care deeply about her characters. In her newest novel, she combines joy and pathos with revenge and redemption, adding enough satisfying action and surprises to keep readers breathlessly looking forward to the next page. I thoroughly enjoyed Ride to Raton.” After losing the heart of... (more)

The Lonely Londoners

by Samuel Selvon

The Lonely Londoners from the brilliant, sharp, witty pen of Sam Selvon, this is a classic award-winning novel of immigrant life in London in the 1950s.

A Bend in the River

by V. S. Naipaul

'Brilliant and terrifying' - "Observer". I had to be the man who was doing well and more than well, the man whose drab shop concealed some bigger operation that made millions. I had to be the man who had planned it all, who had come to the destroyed town at the bend in the river because he had foreseen the rich future. 'Salim, the narrator, is a young man from an Indian family of traders long resident on the coast... (more)

The Dragon Can't Dance (Karen and Michael Braziller Books)

The Dragon Can't Dance (Karen and Michael Braziller Books)

by Earl Lovelace

Lovelace's classic novel of Carnival. Carnival takes on social and political importance in this recognized classic. The people of the shantytown Calvary Hill, usually invisible to the rest of society, join the throng and flaunt their neighborhood personas in masquerade during Carnival. Aldrick, the dashing "king of the Hill," becomes a glorious, dancing dragon; his lovely Sylvia, a princess; Fisheye, rebel... (more)

The Humming-Bird Tree (Macmillan Caribbean Writers)

The Humming-Bird Tree (Macmillan Caribbean Writers)

by Ian McDonald

Alan was too young to understand why his parents preferred him to play with the other white boys on the estate. But gradually, he learned that if he was going to meet Kaiser and Jaillin, he had to pretend he was going to meet someone else, he had to pretend he didn't enjoy spending time with his friends, he had to pretend he didn't mind when he wasn't allowed to invite them to his party. Sometimes, horribly, the... (more)

Valmiki's Daughter

by Shani Mootoo

Cereus Blooms At Night

by Shani Mootoo

Set on a fictional Caribbean island in the town of Paradise, Cereus Blooms at Night unveils the mystery surrounding Mala Ramchandin and the tempestuous history of her family. At the heart of this bold and seductive novel is an alleged crime committed many years before the story opens. Mala is the reclusive old woman suspected of murder who is delivered to the Paradise Alms House after a judge finds her unfit to... (more)

Prospero's Daughter: A Novel

by Elizabeth Nunez

A spellbinding new novel from acclaimed author Elizabeth Nunez, Prospero’s Daughter is a brilliantly conceived retelling of Shakespeare’s The Tempest set on a lush Caribbean island during the height of tensions between the native population and British colonists. Addressing questions of race, class, and power, it is first and foremost the story of a boy and a girl who come of age and violate the ultimate taboo. ... (more)

Sweet Hands: Island Cooking From Trinidad And Tobago (Hippocrene Cookbook Library (Hardcover))

Sweet Hands: Island Cooking From Trinidad And Tobago (Hippocrene Cookbook Library (Hardcover))

by Ramin Ganeshram

Callalloo and Buss Up Shut, Mother-in-Law and Kuchela, Chip Chip and Doubles. The verbiage of Trinidad's cuisine is both lyrical and mysterious. The variety of foods from this Caribbean nation and their fanciful names tell the story of a rich and eclectic cultural heritage. A British colony from 1779 until 1962, during those years Trinidad & Tobago's population grew to include East Indian and Chinese... (more)

Mystic Masseur

by V.S. Naipaul

In this slyly funny and lavishly inventive novel–his first–V. S. Naipaul traces the unlikely career of Ganesh Ramsumair, a failed schoolteacher and impecunious village masseur who in time becomes a revered mystic, a thriving entrepreneur, and the most beloved politician in Trinidad. To understand a little better, one has to realize that in the 1940s masseurs were the island’s medical practitioners of choice. As... (more)

Out on Main Street: And Other Stories

by Shani Mootoo

Chutney Power (Macmillan Caribbean Writers)

Chutney Power (Macmillan Caribbean Writers)

by Willi Chen

There is no other writer in the Caribbean quite like Willi Chen. He is that rare breed, a West Indian writer of Chinese origin, yet the Chinese in his fiction and plays tend to be secondary characters. Most of his stories, whether comical or darker in tone, focus on the simple, earthy lives of the poverty-line rural East Indian community - the quarrels and contrivances, the passions and ambitions, the easy joys... (more)

Night Heat (Arabesque)

by Simon Taylor

From the moment Trinidad tour guide Rhea De Silva is assigned a group of American tourists, everything possible goes wrong. Her biggest problem is handsome journalist Marcus Lucien. Rhea doesn't trust Marcus' motives any more than he trusts her ability to lead their group out of a dangerous situation--even if a heated, sensual attraction is brewing that neither could resist.

Then I Found You (Arabesque)

by Simon Taylor

Poor Kenya. Getting dragged off to Trinidad in the middle of Carnival, the wildest street party on Earth, to confront a blackmailer who claims to be her father's son...by a woman he never divorced before marrying Kenya's mother.Poor Damon. Just back from a grueling stint in the Middle East, where he works as a security consultant for a wealthy and influential client, only to endure the ridiculous... (more)

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A House for Mr. Biswas

by V. S. Naipaul

Pleasure

by Eric Jerome Dickey

Ride to Raton

by Marsha Ward

The Lonely Londoners

by Samuel Selvon

A Bend in the River

by V. S. Naipaul

The Dragon Can't Dance (Karen and Michael Braziller Books)

by Earl Lovelace

The Humming-Bird Tree (Macmillan Caribbean Writers)

by Ian McDonald

Valmiki's Daughter

by Shani Mootoo

Cereus Blooms At Night

by Shani Mootoo

Prospero's Daughter: A Novel

by Elizabeth Nunez

Sweet Hands: Island Cooking From Trinidad And Tobago (Hippocrene Cookbook Library (Hardcover))

by Ramin Ganeshram

Mystic Masseur

by V.S. Naipaul

Out on Main Street: And Other Stories

by Shani Mootoo

Chutney Power (Macmillan Caribbean Writers)

by Willi Chen

Night Heat (Arabesque)

by Simon Taylor

Then I Found You (Arabesque)

by Simon Taylor