The dragon can't dance

The dragon can't dance

By Earl Lovelace

Subjects: Carnival, Fiction, general, Caribbean area, fiction, Fiction, Trinidadian and Tobagonian fiction, Poor

Description: In Trinidad the martial arts dancer, Aldrick Prospect, fights the commercialization of the Mardi Gras carnival. Sick to see the country's traditions destroyed-- warrior contests have been replaced by games for tourists-- he joins a coup d'etat, serves a stint in jail and never dances again.

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