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    Witchbroom

    By Lawrence Scott

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    "What a powerful writer…. A Caribbean One Hundred Years of Solitude." Fay Weldon

    "Why was this book overlooked?" Salman Rushdie

    "Rare and magical. The first of its kind… wonderful evocative language; complete emotional range; a loving, touching insight into human and family relationships. Sam Selvon

    Witchbroom is a visionary history of a Caribbean Spanish/French Creole family and an island over four centuries to 20th-century independence. With an innovative tone and content, its carnival tales of crime and passion are told by the narrator Lavren, who is both male and female.

    First published in 1992, Witchbroom became a Caribbean classic. The follow-ing year it became a BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime, broadcast over eight nights and read by the author. It was shortlisted for a Commonwealth Writers Prize Best First Book.

    A pioneering work, it heralded a new generation of modernist Caribbean writers who, like Scott, broke away from a predominantly realist literary tradition; Witchbroom identifes more with magic realism. A richly entertaining and many layered read, its hermaphrodite narrator brings a contemporary flavour to the novel.

    The title Witchbroom refers to a fungus that attacks cocoa trees, and is also used as a metaphor for the decline of the island s plantocracy.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherVerve Poetry Press
    Release dateApr 30, 2017
    ISBN9780993108693
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    Lawrence Scott

    Lawrence Scott is a prize-winning novelist and short story writer from Trinidad & Tobago. He was recently inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, 2019. He was awarded a Lifetime Literary Award in 2012 by the National Library of Trinidad & Tobago for his significant contribution to the Literature of Trinidad & Tobago. His first novel, Witchbroom (1992) was read as a BBC Book at Bedtime, and republished by Papillote Press (2017). His most recent book, the collection of stories, Leaving by Plane Swimming Back Underwater, 2015, was longlisted for The Edge Hill Short Story Prize 2016, the Grand Prix Littéraire de l’Association des Ecrivains de la Caraïbe from the Congrès des Ecrivains de la Caraïbe, Guadeloupe, 2017 and the Frank O’Connor Short Story Award, 2015. His other novels are Light Falling on Bamboo (2012), Night Calpyso (2004) and Aelred’s Sin (1998). He lives in London and Trinidad.

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