A review by serendipitysbooks
Salt by Earl Lovelace

emotional reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

 Salt follows Alford George from a young child who didn’t speak until he was six, through his career as a teacher and then a politician. But it weaves in many other characters and points of view and in so doing offers insights into the history and more contemporary (the the time of writing) social, economic and political conditions in Trinidad and Tobago. The interactions, similarities and difference between the enslaved and their descendants, and the indentured servants (primarily Indian) and their descendants was one aspect I found especially intersting and incisive. This was an engaging read which vividly brought the country to life. 
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