Suite as Sugar

A mystical collection of short fiction reminiscent of Havana noir that takes readers from Toronto condo culture to Trinidad in stories permeated by the violence of neo-colonial history A sense of magic realism runs through the story as unseen forces move the characters through the narrative Most of the stories are set in contemporary Trinidad, one in Barbados, and three in Toronto Stories explore a variety of issues, including animal abuse, cyclical poverty, violence and crime, trauma, neocolonialism, colonial legacies, and toxic masculinities Author holds Ph.D. in Sociology and is a professor in Caribbean Studies at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson); this is her debut short fiction collection Author hometown: Winnipeg; Author residence: Toronto and Trinidad & Tobago