Concerned with the themes of dislocation, revolution, and the shifting politics of the Third World, this collection of fourteen stories explores the personal consequences of political upheaval, the restraints of tradition and society, and the alienation of the immigrant
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An Indian writer from Trinidad who lives in Canada, Bissoondath offers a series of short stories marked by alienation, terror and homelessness. PW commented: "The author's manifest despair, his quest for a solution, is poignant enough, but the writing is too self-conscious and the theme too repetitive."
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