Marlo Boy

Autobiography of a former police superintendent Joseph Preville may not have taken the conventional approach to writing his autobiography. All the same Joseph Pr#65533;ville must be lauded for his efforts and for his contribution to the history of St. Lucia. Joseph's saga is amusing, hilarious and simplistic; it is simultaneously the saga of the painful impact of colonialism in the aftermath of slavery in a pre-independent St. Lucia and on its citizens. Despite the importunate...
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Autobiography of a former police superintendent Joseph Preville may not have taken the conventional approach to writing his autobiography. All the same Joseph Pr#65533;ville must be lauded for his efforts and for his contribution to the history of St. Lucia. Joseph's saga is amusing, hilarious and simplistic; it is simultaneously the saga of the painful impact of colonialism in the aftermath of slavery in a pre-independent St. Lucia and on its citizens. Despite the importunate limitations and poverty stricken conditions which dogged Joseph's life from early childhood Joseph always looked beyond the horizon of his limitations and beyond the hills of Marlo for a more glamorous future. Joseph kept the sky as his limit. This autobiography, I am sure can serve as an inspiration to many who sit effortlessly on their laurels waiting for society and institutions to be subservient to their needs and demands. Marlo Boy's narrative is really and truly a journey through misery and pain to a well earned and deserved retirement. J. Lambert St. Rose: Author of Helen and Her Sister Haiti.