Title: Salt
First published: 1996
Description: A novel of Trinidad featuring Alford George, the son of a poor farm worker who rises above his class through sheer perseverance. He learns to speak properly by listening to broadcasts from England, studies hard to become a teacher, then turns activist to improve the educational system. That sends him into politics. By the author of The Wine of Astonishment.
Subjects: Fiction, Political fiction, Trinidadian and Tobagonian (English), Race relations, Fiction, general, Fiction, political, West indies, fiction, New York Times reviewed, Political fiction
Places: Trinidad and Tobago