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Night calypso
- Title
- Night calypso / Lawrence Scott.
- Author
- Scott, Lawrence.
- Publication
- London : Allison & Busby, 2004.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PR9272.9.S36 N533 2004 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 418 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "1938 is a tumultuous year in the small Trinidadian island of El Caracol. In the sultry heat of the dry season a young orphan, Theo, is sent to live with the island's doctor, Vincent Metivier. The doctor knows little of Theo's past, only that it has been troubled and that he now needs love and attention." "And Theo is not the only one who needs Vincent's attention. The island is a leprosarium; there are many patients whose needs must be ministered to. Together with Sister Therese Weil - a nun at the local convent - Vincent tries to educate the population about this taboo disease. With war in Europe looming and a feeling of civil unrest building in Trinidad, the staggering beauty of the island is overshadowed by human discord." "As Theo settles into the rhythm of life in El Caracol, he begins to unburden himself of his demons. Every night, he sleeptalks his own strange, disturbing calypso about his childhood. Vincent listens and, gradually, learns what demons still haunt the boy's mind. And as his friendship with the passionate, unpredictable Sister Weil intensifies, Vincent finds his settled life spiralling dangerously out of control."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Fiction
- History
- Fiction.
- Romans.
- Contents
- Porta Espana -- 1983 -- / El Caracol 1938-1939 -- / El Caracol 1939-1941 -- / El Caracol 1942-1944 -- / El Caracol 1945 -- / Versailles 1948 -- / Porta Espana 1983.
- ISBN
- 0749006633
- 9780749006631
- OCLC
- ocm53912511
- 53912511
- SCSB-1325472
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library