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ABOUT CIRCLESQUARE

 

In CircleSquare, an upscale fictional neighbourhood in Barbados, life in the heights and terraces turns out to be not so perfect after all. A returning national comes to a swift realisation after serving a perfectly stirred dinner of cou cou and buckled -back flying fish, a high-flyer seems to have it all but is barely holding things together, a recovered alcoholic goes back to the future, a resident learns that all gold does not glitter, and a house-sitting author tries to sell his back to Africa books to uninterested neighbours. Meanwhile, on the outskirts of CircleSquare, father and son issues don't prevent a black man from feeling to party, and the blue haired Mhizz Iz confronts life, love and why you shouldn't date men with questionable food preferences.​

CircleSquare, a collection of connected short stories, won second place in the 22nd Frank Collymore Literary Endowment Award competition in January 2020. It explores the experiences of several Barbadians who, like all of us, strive to make the most of life.

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