“Ah does bade in acid and scrub meh teeth in the ashes of Caroni and grease meh foot beyond petroleum jelly…and when I laugh a roar more terrible than Ivan tumbling over Grenada to make politicians scamper like pot hounds in the gutter.” Thebookmann posts a speech from The Midnight Robber, one of Trinidad and Tobago's traditional Carnival characters. [1]
Trinidad & Tobago: Midnight Robber
· Written by Janine Mendes-Franco
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