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A fluffy white dog sparks a tug over love, in the next in Ingrid Persaud's brilliantly funny series of stories set on one street in Trinidad.

We return to Burke Street, Port of Spain, in another brilliantly funny short story series by the Costa Award-winning author, Ingrid Persaud.

Set on a seemingly everyday street in Trinidad, 'More Chronicles of Burke Street' follows the lives and loves of its unconventional residents. Burke Street might seem ordinary, but behind its closed doors lurk secrets, superstitions and barely concealed lies.

Today, in 'Bob Marley's Story', a fluffy white dog sparks a tug of love between two Burke Street residents...

Writer: Ingrid Persaud is the winner of the 2018 Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Short Story Award, and her novel Love After Love won the 2020 Costa First Novel Award.
Reader: Martina Laird
Producer: Justine Willett

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14 minutes

Broadcast

  • Sun 16 Apr 2023 19:45