Bocas Book Bulletin September 2022

Written by NGC Bocas Lit Fest for Trinidad Express on Saturday, September 10th, 2022

The Dreaming (Peepal Tree Press), the debut book of fiction by Trinidadian Andre Bagoo (author of several books of poems and one of essays), revolves around a group of queer men in contemporary Trinidad, searching variously for love, sex, family, and safety. The comic and the sinister are never far apart in these tales, which hearken back to the close social observation of VS Naipaul but are also unafraid to delve into the shadowy places of loneliness, desire, and heartbreak.