In No Man’s Land: A Political Introspection of St. Lucia, economist and award-winning Caribbean author, Dr. Anderson Reynolds, presents a provocative, insightful, and timely narrative on St. Lucian politics and society that pinpoints what is wrong with the country’s political and economic system and how to fix it. As such, with the 2021 general elections just around the corner, No Man’s Land maybe a must read for all St. Lucians wishing to make informed voting decisions.
To ensure the launch of No Man’s Land reaches as wide an audience as possible and yet comply with COVID-19 protocol, Dr. Reynolds will conduct a virtual as opposed to a physical launch of the book at 6:30PM on Thursday 11 February 2021. The virtual book launch, which will include an overview of the book, author reading, Q&A, and dramatization of some of the book’s main themes, will be streamed by LNO on both Facebook and YouTube. Following the virtual book launch, Dr. Reynolds will conduct book signings at venues around the island.
Based on early reviews and the potential of No Man’s Land to influence the outcome of the upcoming general elections, the book might be one of St. Lucia’s most significant and pivotal events of 2021.
The publisher revealed that No Man’s Land is a meditation on issues of patrimony, sovereignty, nationhood, corruption, and political empowerment. It speaks to the hold history has on the country, and how race, partisanship, provincialism, and opportunism cloud the political process. It provides a window into Caribbean politics and hints at how high the stakes of the 2021 St. Lucia general elections.
CARICOM economist and diplomat, Peter Lansiquot, said: I heartily embrace Dr. Reynolds’ No Man’s Land. It is an unapologetic, ferocious, take-no-prisoners masterpiece … In Dr. Reynolds St. Lucia has produced another writer of the calibre, or of even deeper essence than Nobel Laureate V. S. Naipaul.
Dr. James Fletcher, former Cabinet Minister, a Chevening Global Changemaker, and author of Governing in a Small Caribbean Island State, said that No Man’s Land provides a no holds barred analysis of St. Lucia’s current political environment… a timely dissection of the anatomy of St. Lucia’s body politic (that) is certain to ruffle a few feathers… awesome … profound, informative and thought-provoking.
Dr. Prosper Raynold, economics professor at Miami University of Ohio, said: No Man’s Land represents a substantial contribution to the public debate and further cements the author’s place as a serious and thoughtful public intellectual.
And multiple-award winning poet, Modeste Downes, author of A Lesson on Wings, Theatre of the Mind, and Phases, said: “No Man’s Land is an informative, well-researched, and artfully crafted work by a master in his field, arguably St. Lucia’s most prominent writer, (that) digs deep into the meat of his country’s political system.
Anderson Reynolds was born and raised in Vieux Fort, St. Lucia, where he now resides. He holds a PhD in Food and Resource Economics from the University of Florida. He has won two national awards for creative journalism, and besides No Man’s Land and the memoir, My Father Is No Longer There, he is the author of three award-winning and national best-selling books, namely the novels The Stall Keeper and Death by Fire, and the creative nonfiction The Struggle for Survival: an historical, political, and socioeconomic perspective of St. Lucia. Dr. Reynolds’ books and newspaper and magazine articles have established him as one of St. Lucia’s most prominent and prolific writers and a foremost authority on the island’s political and socioeconomic history.
Published by Jako Books, No Man’s Land: A Political Introspection of St. Lucia (ISBN: 978-1-7332913-2-3; E-ISBN: 978-1-7332913-3-0) is all of 260 pages and has a list price of US$24.95, but is being sold in St. Lucia at EC$60.00. The book is available online at amazon.com as both print and eBook. In St. Lucia it will be available at M&C (Bridge Street, Castries & Bay Walk Mall, Rodney Bay); T&M Toy Stationary (JQ Plaza, Vieux Fort); GloMart (Gablewoods Mall, La Tourney, Vieux Fort); and Best of St. Lucia and Noah Arcade (Hewanorra International Airport). However, readers can call (758-712-8024), text or email (info@jakoproductions.com) Jako Productions with their order for delivery at their preferred location.
Readers are encouraged to join Dr. Reynolds in his virtual book launch of No Man’s Land by tuning into the live stream (links to be provided) on Facebook or YouTube, at 6:30PM, on Thursday 11 February 2021. Readers are also encouraged to come out and meet Dr. Reynolds at his book signings and secure signed copies of No Man’s Land. For more information on No Man’s Land and Dr. Reynolds, please visit: https://amzn.to/36fxun5, www.jakoproductions.com, https://www.facebook.com/jakobooks/, and https://www.facebook.com/LucianCulture/.
