Kevin Baldeosingh

Kevin Baldeosingh is a freelance writer and the author of three novels.  His first novel, The Autobiography of Paras P (Heinemann 1996) is a picaresque satire, while his second, Virgin's Triangle (Heinemann 1997) is a romantic comedy.  Kevin was regional Chairperson for the Commonwealth Writers Prize (Canada/Caribbean) for 2000 and 2001. His third novel, The Ten Incarnations of Adam Avatar (Peepal Tree Press 2005) is an historical epic account of the New World experience and a provocative enquiry into the nature of history and what it means to be a Caribbean person.  

"Kevin Baldeosingh is a writer with a funny bone, a far cry from the traditional Caribbean novelist: here social realism is couched within an ambient irony-cum-satire… without the faintest Dryden-like "gentle raillery." World Literature Today.

"In a fit of comic brilliance, Baldeosingh has invented the Zelig-like Paras Parmanandansingh. His quixotic quest for Proper Behaviour provides ongoing laughter with just a few pauses to let readers catch a breath. Paras’s wild conceit and oblivious preposterousness allow readers to laugh at him, even at his comedic downfall. But what is central is Baldeosingh's sharp but loving, satiric commentary on all facets of Caribbean life, identity and self-hatred, the place of women and, above all, the inescapable love-hate relationship with the Empire." Publishers Weekly.