Jaffo the calypsonian

by Ian McDonald

This much anthologised poet embraces Caribbean possibility with romantic fervour but still acknowledges what is harsh and painful in the region.

72 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Ian McDonald was born on 18 April 1933, in St Augustine, Trinidad.
He came to the then British Guiana in 1955 with the Booker Group of Companies. He has lived and worked in Guyana ever since. He spent a long career in the sugar industry.
He wrote poems, short stories, a novel "The Humming-Bird Tree" (1969), and an one-act play, "The Tramping Man" (1969).

Reviews

[J Grimsey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Why do I find this poet far more readable than Seamus Heaney? Don't Know.