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The Festival of the Greasy Pole (CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French)

Le mât de cocagne

Penned By René Depestre
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The Festival of the Greasy Pole (CARAF Books: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French)

Le mât de cocagne

Penned By René Depestre
4.85 63,233 Ratings
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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.

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Length 142 Pages
Language Eng
Imprint University Press of Virginia
Released 1979
Identifier (ISBN) 1774075
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