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N.D. Williams has quietly chronicled the emtional storms of an era in the past in what was seen as a backwater of the empire--the Caribbean as well as contempoary themes like the restlessnes of today's people as they travel back and forth between simple and complex societes

Williams is not afraid to explore different ways of writing. Readers are also struck by his forceful but precise prose.His characters bring wry smiles as they muse or sometimes utter incongruous comments.

I particularly enjoyed " Trinculo Walks The Dog" which recreates a colonial city on the verge of independence.Going back to that time/space four decades ago I see how the Colonial power was cleverly subverted through illicit sexual encounters.

Two mysterious stories are " My planet of Ras" and "the Searchers" Williams has a gift for opening layers of feeling and engaging the reader at an intuitive level.

I guess the test for any writer is whether someone will pick up his book and read the stories again. I've gone back to these stories at least three times. Each time I expect to be surprised.