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001			on1201227340
003			OCoLC
005			20210707142813.0
008			201022s2021 nyu 000 1 eng d
040			_aYDX _beng _erda _cYDX _dBDX _dWIQ _dIMF _dOCLCO _dOCLCF _dSDG _dOCLCO _dSO$ _dYDX _dNFG
020			_a1632462028 _qpaperback
020			_a9781632462022 _qpaperback
035			_a(OCoLC)1201227340
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092			_aMOHAMMED _bCELESTE
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aMohammed, Celeste, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aPleasantview : _ba novel in stories / _cCeleste Mohammed ; foreword by Rachel Manley.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bIg Publishing, _c[2021]
300			_a230 pages ; _c21 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aSubtitle from cover.
520			_aCoconut trees. Carnival. Rum and coke. To many outsiders, these idyllic images represent the so-called easy life in Caribbean nations such as Trinidad and Tobago. However, the reality is far different for those who live there--a society where poverty and patriarchy savagely rule, and where love and revenge often go hand in hand. Written in a combination of English and Trinidad Creole, Pleasantview reveals the dark side of the Caribbean dream. In this novel-in-stories about a fictional town in Trinidad, we meet a political candidate who sets out to slaughter endangered turtles for fun, while his rival candidate beats his "outside woman" so badly she ends up losing their baby. On the night of a political rally, the abused woman exacts a very public revenge, the trajectory of which echoes through Pleasantview, ending with one boy introducing another boy to a gun and to an ideology which will help him aim the weapon.
650		0	_aAbused women _vFiction. _983046
650		0	_aPolitical candidates _vFiction. _9231206
651		0	_aTrinidad _xSocial conditions _vFiction.
655		7	_aNovels. _2lcgft _92408
700	1		_aManley, Rachel, _ewriter of foreword.
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c331682 _d331682