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Salt (1996)

Salt (1996)

Literary Fiction Political Fiction

Earl Lovelace

Year: 1996
Authors: Earl Lovelace
Print type: BOOK

Description:

A novel of Trinidad featuring Alford George, the son of a poor farm worker who rises above his class through sheer perseverance. He learns to speak properly by listening to broadcasts from England, studies hard to become a teacher, then turns activist to improve the educational system. That sends him into politics. By the author of The Wine of Astonishment.