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Agatha Donkar Lund
This wasn't in any way the book I expected to read when I picked it up -- but that didn't make it any less interesting (and, sadly, occasionally boring; this was a very complex book! *grin*). A fascinating look at race and religion -- as seen by Trinidadian Naipaul -- in the late 80s. Not the "Southern culture" books I'm used to reading, but, once you've slogged through the chapters about Tallahassee and Tuskegee (which were the weakest, least interesting bits, unfortunately), an overall compell ...more
Jen
Jul 02, 2010 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition