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  The Wine of Astonishment (Caribbean Writers Series) (Paperback) By (author) Earl Lovelace

  

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  Short Description for The Wine of AstonishmentBolo is a champion stickfighter, tall, good-looking, the bravest of all the young men in Bonasse. When, time and time again, he sees his people humiliated by change and American troops, his instincts as a leader come to the fore. The stand he makes, however, takes bizarre and tragic forms.
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  • Publisher: Heinemann International Literature & Textbooks
  • Published: 10 September 1986
  • Format: Paperback 160 pages
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  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Fiction Texts
  • ISBN 13: 9780435988807 ISBN 10: 0435988808
  • Sales rank: 203,380

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Full description for The Wine of Astonishment

• A powerful and moving chronicle of the different ways in which members of a small Trinidadian community, Bonasse, hold on to their identity as they find themselves caught up in change and corruption. Bolo is a champion stick fighter, tall, good looking, and the fastest, strongest, and bravest of al the young men in Bonasse. When time and time again he sees his people humiliated by American troops, his instincts as a leader prevail. But the stand he makes takes on bizarre and tragic forms. Introduction by Marjorie Thorpe.