Equal to Mystery: In Search of Harold Sonny Ladoo Mario Levrero

Equal to Mystery: In Search of Harold Sonny Ladoo Mario LevreroWhen the Trinidadian novelist, Harold Sonny Ladoo was found dead soon after the publication of his classic novel, No Pain Like This Body, for Christopher Laird, it became an obsession to try to discover the writer behind the work and what had brought about his untimely end. Equal to Mystery words written by Ladoo is the record of that pursuit. When, as the editor of a Trinidadian literary journal in the radical years of the early 1970s, Christopher

Lord Kitchener (1922 - 2000) was one of the most iconic and prolific calypso artists of the 20th century

and the nature of storytelling itself

and is now a freelance writer and broadcaster

The bones are the bones of the poet –

explores each moment to discover its essence

Mohammad al-Harthi

Clueless Dogs

the ripe impossible school'

Who are the English

making enraptured preparations for the materialisation of his fantasy

writes novels and edits anthologies of poetry about the countryside

quietly fierce tour de force from this Forward Prize commended poet