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They live in a small apartment in the toronto suburb of scarborough with their extremely hardworking trinidadian mother who desperately wants a better life. Download file to see previous pages some of the characters in soucouyant are in many ways an inflated stereotype designed to deflate stereotypes. David chariandy is among this second generation of writers. Ever since a student suggested i read his first novel soucouyant years ago, ive held it close to my heartteaching it in my classroom and begging him to visit for a book talk with success, finally, last year.
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