Melbourne, Australia: Australasian Book Society 1956. First edition - The second novel by this Trinidadian-born Australian social realist novelist, described as "an outspoken opponent of racism, injustice, greed and corruption, a passionate humanist with a vision of a just society" Set during the Second World War when thousands of American soldiers came to Trinidad to build and man military bases and the dollars from the American military presence changed Trinidad from a neglected and quasi-feudal British colony into a competitive market economy. It remains relevant because it gives a portrait of a period in Trinidad's recent past which is still very much alive in shaping its present. 214 pp. Uncommon in the true first edition.