The dragon can't dance
Subtitle: a novel
By: Earl Lovelace
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Persea Books
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780892552344; 9780892552726
Subjects: Poor; Trinidadian and Tobagonian fiction; Carnival; Fiction
Description: In Trinidad the martial arts dancer, Aldrick Prospect, fights the commercialization of the Mardi Gras carnival. Sick to see the country's traditions destroyed-- warrior contests have been replaced by games for tourists-- he joins a coup d'etat, serves a stint in jail and never dances again.
Notes: "Originally published in England by André Deutsch Ltd., London, in 1979"--T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: Queen of the Band --; title: The Princess --; title: The Dragon --; title: The Bad John --; title: The Spectator --; title: A Call to the Dragon --; title: Norman 'Tex' at the Carnival Fete --; title: To Be Dragon and Man --; title: Ash Wednesday --; title: Friends and Family --; title: The New Yard --; title: Outcasts --; title: The Dragon Dance --; title: Prison Dance --; title: The Dragon Can't Dance --; title: The Shopkeeper --; title: The Calypsonian.