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The master-storyteller turns his pen to rural village life in Trinidad: gossip and rivalry between village washerwomen; toiling cane-cutters reaping their harvest; superstitious old Ma Procop protecting the fruit of her Mango tree with magic. With equal wit and sensitivity, he reflects the depression of hard times in London, where people live in cold, damp basements, hustling for survival.Selvon, Samuel is the author of 'Ways of Sunlight', published 1987 under ISBN 9780582642614 and ISBN 0582642612.
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