Caribbean Beat — November/December 2018 (#154)

Hosein understands what
Naipaul understood: that to
write for yourself means you also
invariably write for an island
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fine. But there’s lots of other paths too, and following them is
like uncharted territory. Think of T&T’s unexplored genres:
comedy, horror, romance, true crime. People love to read these
things. They fly off the shelves, and they are so underwritten
here.” Hosein’s actively taking his own advice: his current work
in progress is a full-length novel, tentatively titled The Nest, set
in 1970s rural Trinidad, and billed as Caribbean horror.
“Writing is like understanding something,” Hosein tells
me as we part ways. “Rather than saying, “That is madness,”
seek to understand it.” It’s an ultimate declaration not only
of empathy, but of responsibility. Hosein understands what
Naipaul understood: that to write for one man, for yourself,
means you also invariably write for an island, a complicated
and consuming home. n
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