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scottapeshot's review against another edition
4.0
A highly detailed and dramatic history of Trinidad and Venezuela from the beginnings of European colonialism through the dynamics of the era of slavery, and finishing with the drab ending that abolition brought. Naipaul illuminates the horrors and every-day brutality of slave life but also shows the absurd convolutions denial of the same brought to this Caribbean society and frequently transmitted back to the colonial nations.
paloma_sanchezh's review against another edition
I am sorry but I found the writing awfully dense, and very boring. We are talking about the Conquest, about about search for El Dorado! There should be some sense of excitement, of dread. But no. Guess Naipul chose a very formal, historical tone which ended up not working for me.
kingkong's review against another edition
5.0
Shockingly beautiful true story of Venezuela and Trinidad, expertly executed
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