Moon on a Rainbow Shawl av Errol John

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<p>Esther - if yer have yer head screw on right - No matter where yer go - One night - some time - Yer reach up - yer touch that moon. <br><br>For the teeming populace of Old Mack''s cacophonous yard in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, it''s a cheek by jowl existence lived out on a sweltering public stage. Snatches of calypso compete with hymn tunes, drums and street cries as neighbours drink, brawl, pass judgment, make love, look out for each other and crave a better life. But Ephraim is no dreamer and nothing, not even the seductive Rosa, is going to stop him escaping his dead-end job for a fresh start in England.<br><br>Set as returning troops from the Second World War fill the town with their raucous celebrations, Erroll John''s <i>Moon on a Rainbow Shawl</i> depicts a vibrant, cosmopolitan world that is as harsh as it is filled with colour and warmth.<br><br>''A brawling, laughing, bitter sense of life courses through <i>Moon on a Rainbow Shawl</i>. Errol John fills the stage with people