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'The White Woman on the Green Bicycle' is a love story mapped onto an unfolding political tragedy: that of the failure of the Independence era in Trinidad.

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Long-term heterosexual monogamy is still the dominant model: men and women still want to pair for a long period of time.

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I made myself unhappy measuring my love against a given norm. The truth is, we make ourselves happy in among a wide variety of loves; all count.

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New Year's Eve is not about having a big party for me. It's a time of reflection, and I often go on spiritual retreats.

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The person I love most is the Dalai Lama. China destroyed his country, yet he says that it's imperative we show love for the Chinese.

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I talk to myself. It's my worst habit. I often muse aloud, or, when people drive me crazy, I curse them aloud. I might do a ranting monologue about how pissed off I am about them, occasionally forgetting that they might still be in the room; now, that's weird!

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All my books explore fatherhood. I look at what it means to have a big father figure at the centre: sometimes they're a good father, sometimes bad.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Writer

Born: Unknown

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