The Festival of the Greasy Pole

by René Depestre

Overview

This novel is one of the most important statements about the Duvalier regime in Haiti, written by a Haitian who played a prominent role in the revolutionary movement that brought down the Lescot regime in January 1946. _The Festival of the Greasy Pole_ includes a scathing caricature of Papa Doc Duvalier and the bloodbath that he visited on his own country.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813912820
Publisher:	University of Virginia Press
Publication date:	08/19/1990
Series:	CARAF Books
Pages:	194
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.25(d)
Age Range:	18 Years