John Furlong OBE has written an extraordinary memoir which is also an important historic travelogue. This is a book written with passion and integrity. One is suddenly reminded of all the changes in the world since 1969. As far as the Caribbean is concerned it is surely a case of paradise lost?
The author and a close friend, having just graduated, embark on a journey of self-discovery in the Caribbean after a short stay in New York. I love the honesty of their chance observations of life on Trinidad and some of the smaller islands. The British Empire was in its death throes but there were still many echoes of colonisation and the slave trade. A radical Catholic priest is one source of enlightenment. It was a journey which shaped two young men's lives.