Is Just a Movie: A Novel

Is Just a Movie is a radiant novel that captures the magic of small moments in ordinary life in a Trinidadian town during a time of change and revolutionary fervor.

With vivid prose, Earl Lovelace takes readers on a wildly absurdist journey to the heart of contemporary Trinidad, starring two hapless almost-beens in search of movie fame.

This novel is not just a movie, but a poem too, as Lovelace bursts with things to say about this complex, heterogeneous society in the late twentieth century.

With humor, sadness, and uplift, Is Just a Movie confirms Lovelace as a master storyteller of the West Indies, and is sure to leave readers spellbound.