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Reviewed on November 1, 1999
Every great writer must start somewhere, and this novel was the jumping-off point for French Caribbean master Chamoiseau, winner of the Prix Goncourt for the revelatory Texaco. Published in France in 1986, the current work follows the fate of Pipi--"grand master of the wheelbarrow, king of the djobbers"--in the market of Fort-de-France, Martinique. Born rather miraculously of H lo se after Anatole-Anatole managed to...Log In or Sign Up to Read More