Dec 28, 2009

The Games Were Coming | The Games Were Coming

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Author: Michael Anthony
First Published: 1963
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Social realism
Time of Work: From January to April during a year in the early 1950’s
Setting: Southern Trinidad, British West Indies
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

Characters Discussed

Leon Seal, a competitive cyclist who has quit his job to devote himself to preparing for the fifteen-mile race at the Southern Games. In his early twenties, big and powerfully built, he obeys his father’s instructions and pays exceptional attention to the training and care of his body. He ignores the Trinidad Carnival celebrations and willfully turns his back on his emotional life by severely limiting contact with his girlfriend, Sylvia. Disciplined, cold, and calculating in his quest for personal glory, Leon naïvely misreads the complexity of Sylvia’s...

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The Games Were Coming | The Games Were Coming

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Characters Discussed

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