"An engaging book by an excellent journalist. . . ".--Washington Post Book World. "A penetrating analysis of the social, political, sexual, and cultural worlds that exist behind the four-color Caribbean travel posters".--Kirkus Reviews. Photographs.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
* Introduction * The Curse * Old Gods and Satellite Dishes * Color-Coded Nations * Sacrifice and the Revolution * Why Damballah Left * Bajan Burgers * Prophets and Profits * The Goats, the Sheep, and the Ugly Time * Two Ways of Looking at It * A Hint of Vanilla * Too Strong a Word * The Good Election * Death by Pepper Sauce * The Tenth Man * The Diaspora * Don Pedro in Levittown * The Cookie Theory of Underdevelopment * In Search of France * History Returns * The Continent (Table) * Suggested Reading