Eric Walrond's "Tropic Death" exposes Caribbean violence, exploitation in 1924

Eric Walrond, a Guyana-born Harlem Renaissance writer, published "Tropic Death" in 1924, a collection of 10 short stories set in the Caribbean that won him a Guggenheim award. The book inverted racist "tropical paradise" fantasies by depicting violence and exploitation across the region. Walrond later disappeared from the cultural map, dying six decades ago in obscurity.

Summary by Glance · The Guardian Australia