http://caribbeanreviewofbooks.com/2008/06/06/dw-vs-vsn-addendum/ Bimonthly review of Caribbean literature and art Thu, 07 Nov 2013 03:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://caribbeanreviewofbooks.com/2008/06/06/dw-vs-vsn-addendum/comment-page-1/#comment-11 FSJL Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:53:00 +0000 http://caribbeanreviewofbooks.com/?p=245#comment-11 'The Mongoose' is not only not far from Walcott at his loftiest, it is far from Walcott at his ablest. As Popean satire -- which is what he aims at -- it falls so far short of 'The Spoilers Return' that one wonders if Walcott is approaching second childhood. ‘The Mongoose’ is not only not far from Walcott at his loftiest, it is far from Walcott at his ablest. As Popean satire — which is what he aims at — it falls so far short of ‘The Spoilers Return’ that one wonders if Walcott is approaching second childhood.

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