Book description
In Trinidad, in the wake of 1970's Black Power rebellion, we follow Sonnyboy, Singer King Kala, and their town's folk through experiments in music, politics, religion, and love and in their day-to-day adventures. Humorous and serious, sad and uplifting, Is Just a Movie, is a radiant novel about small moments…
Why read it?
1 author picked Is Just a Movie as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is Caribbean literature! The dark comedy of life and its frustrations in the Caribbean is front and center. Living a life with meaning (resisting a life without meaning) is a recurring theme.
It is an emotional rollercoaster, sadness so often falling away into hilarity; also, community, Carnival, Caribbean folklore, and genuine miracle.
It does feel like a moving picture, an epic even, as it moves from one connected (tangentially or deeply) life to the next, roping them in to each others' stories.
Bottom line, Is Just a Movie is a truly original novel; there was never a dull moment.
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