An Island Is A World

In the postwar Caribbean colony of Trinidad, as an earlier generation thinks of returning to India, Foster, a young man, goes to England and Rufus, his brother, leaves for the United States, each in search of himself and his world. Combining his characteristic humour with a vivid sense of place, Selvon, tells a moving story of personal and intellectual quest for our time. "A lyrical, moving writer."

A novel of personal and intellectual quest in post-war Trinidad.