Author: LONGMORE, ZENGA
Title: Tap-Taps to Trinidad - a Caribbean Journey
Description: London, Hodder and Stoughton. 1989, First Edition. (ISBN: 0340429011). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Longmore, Zenga. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from age darkening to page edges and a very small bookshop label to front pastedown ) with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 256 pages. Map endpapers and illustrations by the author. A delightful book in its evocation of the Caribbean - not the usual tourist areas but off the beaten track. Full of strange encounters with local characters of flamboyant charm and sometimes malevolent intent, part of its charm being the richness and humour of the dialogue. The author is a black English writer who is also an actress and singer, who after hearing constant tales of 'back home' decided to go and see for herself, island hopping by plane and boat, she is often amazed by what she discovers. NOT EX LIB 21. Near Fine/Fine.

Keywords: Caribbean Travel, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Trinidad, St. Lucia 0340429011 Longmore, Zenga


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