Oonya Kempadoo
Oonya KempadooAll Decent Animals

All Decent Animals

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All Decent Animals

About Oonya Kempadoo

Oonya Kempadoo is a writer who was born in Sussex, England in 1966 of Guyanese parents. She was brought up in Guyana and has since lived in Europe and various islands in the Caribbean.Her first novel, Buxton Spice, was published to great acclaim in 1998, and was nominated for the 2000 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Her second book, Tide Running (Picador, 2001), set in Plymouth, Tobago, is the story of young brothers Cliff and Ossie.Oonya Kempadoo has studied art in Amsterdam and has lived in Trinidad, St.

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I wanted to like this book. My husband is from Trinidad and I was so excited to find a book that was based on the island.
This was a 3.5 star book for me.
Almost a little too Trinidadian. I enjoyed the effort and the familiar descriptions but it's as though the author tried to fit every dynamic of Trinidadian society into the book- queer culture, race, carnival, HIV, inter-racial romantic relationships, violence against women, class disparities, politics, UN & NGO culture, the disapora.

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