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Bolo is a champion stickfighter, tall, good-looking, the bravest of all the young men in Bonasse. When, time and time again, he sees his people humiliated by change and American troops, his instincts as a leader come to the fore. The stand he makes, however, takes on bizarre and tragic forms. Earl Lovelace writes about the survival of a small community of Spiritual Baptists with a lyricism and understanding of dialogue which has established an international reputation.

Earl Lovelace is Visiting Novelist, John Hopkins University; and Lecturer in English Composition and Creative Writing, University of the District of Columbia.

His first novel, While Gods are Falling (1965), won him the BP Independence Literary Award. It was followed by The Schoolmaster (1968), The Dragon Can't Dance (1979), The Wine of Astonishment (1982), Jestina's Calypso and Other Plays (1984) and A Brief Conversation and Other Stories (1988).

Earl Lovelace has contributed many articles to periodicals including Voices, Wasafiri, and South Magazine. He has made a significant contribution to the Folk Theatre in Trinidad, and has received a number of awards and honours, including the Chaconia Medal, gold, in 1989.