The Games Were Coming (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Michael Anthony
- First Published: 1963
- Type of Work: Social realism
- Time of Work: From January to April during a year in the early 1950’s
- Setting: The town of Marabella and the city of San Fernando in southern Trinidad, British West Indies
- Principal Characters: Leon Seal, Sylvia, Dolphus Seal, Fitz Seal, May
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: 1950’s, Culture, Caribbean, Sex or sexuality, Obsession, Ambition, Athletes, Sports, Games, Bicycles or bicycling, Perfectionism
- Locales: West Indies, Trinidad
The Novel
Two events not only reveal but also contribute to the central conflicts in the novel: the Southern Games (including the fifteen-mile Blue Riband cycling race) and Trinidad’s most important annual event, its colorful and hedonistic Carnival. These two events are to be held only weeks apart, and for the first time, Leon Seal turns his back on Carnival and single-mindedly prepares to win the race which will establish him as one of the country’s cycling stars.
Under his father’s guidance, he quits his job at the Pointe-a-Pierre oil refinery and avoids any...
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