description: 'A landmark, not in the West Indian, but in the contemporary novel.' C. L. R. James'First-class talent.' The VoiceTrinidad, 1970s. Calvary Hill - poverty stricken and rubbish-strewn ��- is home to a community of people who come together during the joyful yearly town Carnival, becoming larger-than-life versions of themselves. But when it ends, and the strains of day-to-day life grow large, what happens to the peoples' hopes, and the feeling that 'all o' we is one'?With an unforgettable cast of characters, The Dragon Can't Dance is a stunning, classic novel of the desire for identity and belonging, alongside the legacies of a colonial past.
language: English
title: Dragon Cant Dance
titlecomplete: Dragon Cant Dance
genres: Classics, College, Read For School, Post Colonial, School, Historical Fiction, Literature, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 976
places: Calvary Hill
publisher: Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd