Earl Lovelace's Trinidadian novel tells the story of an isolated rural community coming into contact with the woder world. The villagers learn, only too cruelly, that progress can mean the destruction of cherished values.

 

This book is part of a book series called Caribbean Writers .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 192 pages in this book. This book was published 1997 by Hodder Education .

Earl Lovelace is an acclaimed writer from Trinidad, whose books include The Dragon Can't Dance . In 1997 he won the Caribbean Writer's Prize with his novel Salt .