{"product_id":"the-dragon-cant-dance-9780571193172","title":"The Dragon Can't Dance","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Earl Lovelace\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescribed as 'a landmark, not in the West Indian, but in the contemporary novel' by C.L.R. James, Earl Lovelace's Caribbean classic tells the story of Calvary Hill - poverty stricken, pot-holed and garbage-strewn - where the slum shacks 'leap out of the red dirt and stone, thin like smoke, fragile like kite paper, balancing on their rickety pillars as broomsticks on the edge of a juggler's nose'. \u003cb\u003eThe Dragon Can't Dance\u003c\/b\u003e is a remarkable canvas of shanty-town life in which Lovelace's intimate knowledge of rural Trinidad and the Carnival as a sustaining cultural tradition are brilliantly brought to life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48226402861207,"sku":"9780571193172","price":1612.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780571193172.webp?v=1788770656","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-dragon-cant-dance-9780571193172","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}