All Decent Animals: A Novel

Oonya Kempadoo's moving third novel, All Decent Animals, looks at the personal and aesthetic choices of a multifaceted cast of characters on the Caribbean island of Trinidad—a country still developing economically but rich culturally, aiming at "world-class" status amid its poor island cousins. It is a novel about relationships, examined through the distinct rhythms of the city of Port of Spain. Loyalties, love, conflicting cultures, and creativity come into play as Ata, a young woman working in carnival design but curious about writing, and her European boyfriend, Pierre, negotiate the care of their friend Fraser, a closeted gay man dying from AIDS. The contradictory Trinidadian setting becomes a parallel character to Fraser's Cambridge-derived artistic sensibility and an antagonist to Ata's creative journey. All Decent Animals is a forthright inquiry into the complexity of character, social issues, and island society, with all the island's humor, mysticism, and tragedy. 9780374534615 0374534616 0 BOOK Fiction NOT_MATURE http://books.google.com/books/content?id=vw6RngEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&source=gbs_api en

• | Author: Oonya Kempadoo
• | Publisher: Farrar, Straus And Giroux
• | Publication Date: May 13, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 272 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0374534616
• | ISBN-13: 9780374534615