Owning a small portion of the Trinidad earth and a respectable house of his own is the dream that sustains Mohun Biswas through a life of frustration and despair after he marries into the domineering Tulsi family.

Includes bibliographical references (page xxv).

Preface -- Thirteen -- Horses -- The Pact -- Champagne on the Terraces -- Ropes -- Tonight's the Night -- Fish Shop -- Pancho and the Baron -- Winston -- A Death in the Day of -- The Plate -- An Impossible Song -- Laguna, Valentine's Day, 1982