Romane

A Bend in the River

Roman

In this incandescent novel, V.S. Naipaul takes us deeply into the life of one man, an Indian who, uprooted by the bloody tides of Third World history, has come to live in an isolated town at the bend of a great river in a newly independent African nation. Naipaul gives us the most convincing and disturbing vision yet of what happens in a place caught between the dangerously alluring modern world and its own tenacious past and traditions.

Temples of Trinidad

Roman

Following his graduation from University College, De Verteuil was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in Ireland in 1962. After a short period of missionary work in Nigeria, he returned to Trinidad where he taught at his alma mater, St. Mary’s College, from 1963 until his retirement in 1992. He seved as Principal of St. Mary’s from 1978 to 1992. His term at St. Mary’s was interrupted briefly from 1966-68 when he served as Vice-Principal at Fatima College.